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Vast is developing humanity’s most capable space stations, pioneering the next giant leap toward long-term living and thriving in space.

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Haven-1
Launching 2026

CREW: 4
HEIGHT: 10.1 m
HABITABLE VOLUME: 45 m3
PRESSURIZED VOLUME: 80 m3
MASS: 14,500 kg
POWER: 13,200 w
ORBIT: 51.6°, 425 km

The world's first commercial space station

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Haven-1
Haven-1, targeted to launch May 2026, is a state-of-the-art, human-centric space station, home to an innovation lab for both private astronauts and government missions.
The Windome
The 1.1 meter domed window, a viewport
for observation.
Haven-1 & Dragon Docking
Haven-1 missions include crew transportation with the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft.
Payload Missions
The Haven-1 Lab is the world’s first microgravity research, development, and manufacturing platform on a commercial space station.
Haven-1 Primary Structure
Vast is bringing space station primary structure manufacturing back to the United States after two decades.

Haven-2
FIRST MODULE OPERATIONAL IN 2028, FULLY Constructed IN 2032

CREW: 12
HABITABLE VOLUME: 500 m3
PRESSURIZED VOLUME: 1160 m3
CONSUMABLE MASS: 100,000 KG
LAUNCH MASS: 282,000 kg
STATION POWER: 300,000 w
PAYLOAD POWER: 40 KW

Designed to succeed the International Space Station

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Types of missions

Our Haven-1 station caters to all types of mission objectives. Learn more about the types of missions we provide.
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Government astronaut missions

  • Flight opportunities for US/sovereign astronauts
  • Unparalleled microgravity innovation laboratory
  • Partner opportunities for local industry

Private astronaut missions

  • Join a two-week mission to space
  • Experience the most capable human-centric space habitat
  • Contribute to science that benefits Earth and future 
space exploration

Payload missions

  • Conduct research and in-space manufacturing
  • Always-on data and video monitoring
  • Includes both crewed and autonomous operations
A flight proven partnership

Launch Partnership

Haven-1 is utilizing SpaceX’s proven reliability with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, and marks the first deployment of Starlink’s laser terminal with gigabit/s speed connectivity aboard a commercial space station.
A flight proven partnership

Launch Partnership

Haven-1 is utilizing SpaceX’s proven reliability with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, and marks the first deployment of Starlink‘s laser terminal with gigabit/s speed connectivity aboard a commercial space station.

In the press

“The freedom that comes on a commercial platform, versus a government-owned station, extends beyond just communication. Other benefits include missions that are making goods to sell back on Earth, and ownership of the intellectual property created aboard the habitat, according to Haot.”
Payload
“Vast is one of several firms competing to replace the aging International Space Station. CEO Max Haot said all the investment—which comes courtesy of Ripple cofounder Jed McCaleb—is about leveraging Low Earth Orbit, or LEO, for microgravity testing or trips to the Moon or Mars.”
Fortune
"Vast, which recently completed the build out of its headquarters and space station manufacturing facilities in the city, is on target to be the first commercial space station in orbit.”
The New York Times
“The visit illustrates how space activity is transforming from largely government-funded exercises into a potentially viable commercial enterprise. Vast envisions a future where commercial revenues from drug and semiconductor development will pay for the cost of space station operations.”
Nikkei Asia
“Crucially, Vast just set the bar for how to be taken seriously as a space station company, with transparency around when it aims to complete milestones leading up to the first crewed mission reaching Haven-1. Every other company working on a space station take note.”
CNBC
"California-based Vast Space has big ambitions. The company is aiming to launch a commercial space station, the Haven-2, into low Earth orbit by 2028, which would allow astronauts to stay in space after the decommissioning of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2030."
WIRED
“I am excited to work with Vast as they build more opportunities and destinations for more people to travel amongst the stars.”
Gwynne Shotwell
"An advantage Vast has over some of its competitors, I believe, is bringing manufacturing of its stations in house."
Eric Berger
"The company has made clear its intent is to compete for the second phase of NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations, or CLD, program as part of the agency’s ISS transition efforts."
Space News
"A successor to the International Space Station (ISS). This is the ambition of Vast, the small space company that is on the rise in the United States. Some observers see it as the future SpaceX of orbital stations."
Le Figaro
“The station [Haven-1] has a warm, welcoming, uncluttered interior, with a large central window giving occupants a wide view of the Earth.”
Air & Cosmos
“Vast’s simple, single-structure Haven-1 space station will be able to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the workhorse vehicle that SpaceX has been launching for more than a decade."
CNN
“A common area would allow passengers to gather and enjoy "breathtaking views" of Earth, while the station's integrated fitness center would provide them with an opportunity to get in a workout hundreds of miles above the surface."
FUTURISM
“...it would mark the first time 
a commercial rocket company had launched humans to a commercial space station, another milestone in the privatization of space."
The Washington Post
“The partnership with SpaceX is the key to making this mission happen."
ARS Technica

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Building America’s next space stations

Vast is bringing space station primary structure manufacturing back to the United States after two decades. Most subsystems have been manufactured 
by Vast and partners in the USA.
manufactured, integrated, and tested in the United States

Building America’s next space stations

Vast is bringing space station primary structure manufacturing back to the United States after two decades. Most subsystems have been manufactured by Vast and partners in the USA.
A flight proven partnership

Launch Partnership

Haven-1 is utilizing SpaceX’s proven reliability with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, and marks the first deployment of Starlink‘s laser terminal with gigabit/s speed connectivity aboard a commercial space station.

Locations

Vast has multiple facilities across the US. Our HQ in Long Beach, CA, spans 165,000 sq ft, alongside a 25,000 sq ft facility in Hawthorne, CA and a test site in Mojave, CA.

Headquarters

Design, Manufacturing, Integration, Mission Operations & Training
2851 Orange Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90806
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Manufacturing

12624 Daphne Avenue
Hawthorne, CA 90250
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Environmental Testing

Mojave Air and Space Port
1413 Flight Line
Mojave, CA 93501
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Government Affairs

1341 G Street NW
Suite 200

Washington, DC 20005
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