Vast, a southern California company, announced plans to launch the world's first commercial space station. That station would launch to low-Earth orbit no sooner than August 2025.
announced plans this week to launch the world's first commercial space station.
Speaking with Fox News Digital Thursday, Vast CEO Jed McCaleb explained that the name Haven-1 is what the company ultimately wants to build — a safe haven for humans in space. "And that involves artificial gravity development and a much larger spinning space station, but we also recognize that we need a first step," President Max Haot, the founder and CEO of Launcher before Vast acquired it this year, said.Although the company is young, Wednesday's announcement has been a long time coming, and McCaleb stressed the importance of Vast’s partnership with SpaceX.
Expected customers include domestic and international space agencies and private individuals involved in science and philanthropic projects. with the ability to avoid collisions. It's also being launched a month or two before people would be sent up.
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