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Vast Expands into High-Power Satellite Buses, Leveraging In-House Space Station Technology and Proven Haven Demo Satellite Heritage

Vast Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Innovation Agency Lithuania to Support Space Industry Engagement and Scientific Research

Vast Appoints Former NASA Astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams as Astronaut Advisor

Vast at the 41st Space Symposium: Showcasing Our Progress Toward Launching Haven-1, Scheduled to be the World’s First Commercial Space Station

Vast and Cedars-Sinai Partner on Microgravity Science and Crew Health

Vast Unveils a Large Docking Adapter Standard

IWC Schaffhausen Unveils the Pilot’s Venturer Vertical Drive, Qualified by Vast for Spaceflight

Vast Astronaut Flight Suit: Designed for the Next Era of Human Spaceflight

Giorgio Saccoccia Joins Vast as President, Europe

Vast Opens Office in Houston, Texas

Haven Demo Mission Complete: Successful Deorbit Validates Path to Haven-1

Vast Secures $500M in Funding to Accelerate Production of Haven Space Stations

February 12, 2026

Vast Selected by NASA for Sixth Private Astronaut Mission to International Space Station

February 10, 2026

Vast Welcomes Space Policy Veteran Caryn Schenewerk as Chief Policy Officer

January 23, 2026

Vast Welcomes Retired NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur as Astronaut Advisor

January 20, 2026

Vast Advances Haven‑1 Into Integration Phase

December 18, 2025

NASA Veteran Kathy Lueders Joins Vast as Advisor

December 15, 2025

Vast Announces Call for Research Proposals

December 11, 2025

Vast Expands to Japan, Appointing Naoko Yamazaki as General Manager of Vast Japan GK

November 25, 2025

Vast and the Maldives Space Research Organisation Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Engage Republic of Maldives Space Industry

November 20, 2025

Vast and the Colombian Space Agency Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Advance Space Cooperation in Latin America

November 19, 2025

Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Digital Technologies and Vast Establish Agreement to Engage Uzbek Space Industry

November 18, 2025

Vast’s Strategy to Achieve Continuous Human Presence in Low-Earth Orbit

September 23, 2025

IWC Schaffhausen and Vast Enter into a Strategic Collaboration

September 23, 2025

Kris Young Joins Vast as Chief Operating Officer

Vast Releases Haven-1 Space Station VR App for Apple Vision Pro, Meta Headsets, and SteamVR

Vast at the 40th Annual Space Symposium

Vast Signs Agreement to Leverage International Space Station (ISS) National Lab

Vast Announces Three Additional Payload Partners for the Haven-1 Lab: JAMSS, Interstellar Lab, and Exobiosphere

Vast Secures Agreement with NASA to test Haven-1 Flight Vehicle at Armstrong Test Facility

February 6, 2025

Vast Passes Critical Haven-1 Test Milestone

January 28, 2025

Vast and SpaceX Issue Joint Request for Research Proposals to Advance Long-Term Human Habitation in Space

December 19, 2024

Vast Announces Deal with SpaceX to Launch Two Human Spaceflight Missions to the International Space Station

November 8, 2024

Czech Ministry of Transport Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vast to Partner on Engagement with Czech Space Industry

October 14, 2024

Vast Announces Haven-2, Its Proposed Space Station Designed To Succeed The International Space Station (ISS)

October 10, 2024

Vast Unveils Its Final Haven-1 Space Station Design

October 3, 2024

Vast Appoints Siddharth Hariharan as its Chief Financial Officer

Vast Announces the Haven-1 Lab, the First Commercial Microgravity Research, Manufacturing, and Development Platform

Vast Opens Washington DC Office

Vast signs with The Exploration Company for second Haven space station cargo services

ESA and Vast signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future Vast space stations

Vast’s Haven-1 to be World’s First Commercial Space Station Connected by SpaceX Starlink

Apply to join Vast full-time as a 2024 Engineering Graduate. 25 positions available for a July 2024 start

Space Executive Clay Mowry Joins Vast as Advisor

December 18, 2023

Renowned Apple Industrial Designer Peter Russell-Clarke Joins Vast as Advisor

December 12, 2023

Vast Welcomes Veteran NASA Astronaut Dr. Andrew J. Feustel As Its Newest Human Spaceflight Advisor

August 11, 2023

Vast appoints Max Haot as its new CEO and Alex Hudson as its first CTO

Vast Welcomes Veteran NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman as Human Spaceflight Advisor

Vast selects Impulse Space for Haven-1 Space Station Propulsion

Vast is Collaborating with NASA on Key Space Station Technologies

Vast Announces the Haven-1 and Vast-1 Missions.

February 21, 2023

Vast Acquires Launcher to Accelerate Growth

January 12, 2023

Built In Honors Vast in its Esteemed 2023 Best Places to Work Awards

January 10, 2023

Vast Becomes the Newest Member of "Space Beach"

September 12, 2022

Vast Launches with Mission to Develop the World's First Artificial-Gravity Space Stations

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Vast is building the first commercial space stations

Visitors to this private space station won’t be wearing shorts and T-shirts

Vast offers new docking adapter for large space stations

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Exclusive: Vast Debuts Flight Suit For Haven-1, Private Astronaut Missions

Vast Safely Deorbits Haven Demo, Marking Key Step Toward Commercial Space Stations

Vast Wins Its First Private Astronaut Mission to ISS

February 12, 2026

The astronaut training tourists to fly in the world’s first commercial space station

MIT Technology Review

January 12, 2026

Why commercial space stations are the next frontier

November 7, 2025

How Vast plans to keep humanity in orbit

November 6, 2025

On the eve of the ISS’s 25th anniversary, humanity stares down a gap in its presence in space

November 3, 2025

The International Space Station Is Turning 25. Was it Worth it?

November 3, 2025

Vast Demo Sat Reaches Orbit

November 3, 2025

A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space

November 3, 2025

Vast completes Haven-1 structural testing, launches pathfinder mission

NASA Spaceflight

November 3, 2025

SpaceX rockets the 'Haven Demo' pathfinder module and 17 other satellites into space

November 2, 2025

Commercial space station demo, data center precursor launch on SpaceX Bandwagon-4 mission

Space Flight Now

November 1, 2025

Startup Vast Aims To Leapfrog Competition To Host NASA Crews After ISS

September 10, 2025

The space race is transforming Southern California's economy — again

August 28, 2025

Space Business: New Demand in the Next Decade "Space Tide 2025"

This entrepreneur made billions on crypto. His next frontier is outer space

NASA’s Commercial LEO Destination Budget Holds Up, But Program Will Be Rescoped

Vast to launch Haven-1, the world’s 1st commercial space station, in May 2026 [VIDEO]

Space Flight Now

Vast to complete Haven-1 primary structure in July 2025, ahead of target May 2026 launch date

Space Flight Now

Inside Vast: Exclusive Interview and Visit with CEO Max Haot [VIDEO]

Radio El Respeto

Max Haot on how Vast is developing humanity’s next-generation space stations

ITPNet's Edge Middle East

Vast Unveils Haven-1 Model, Partnerships in Colorado

Vast signs three more payload partners for Haven-1

Startup Vast Signs Three Customers For Private Space Station

What Will Replace The International Space Station?

Vast signs agreement to test Haven-1 at NASA facility

As Military Spending Soars, Demand for Spy-Proof Real Estate Booms

The New York Times

We Will Be the First to Build a Commercial Space Station

Space station startup aims for out-of-this-world drug 'factories'

Vast begins Haven-1 testing and reschedules its launch

February 6, 2025

Space Station Arrivals, Investing in Space

February 6, 2025

SpaceX and Vast want ideas for science experiments on Dragon spacecraft and Haven-1 space station

January 30, 2025

This Company Wants to Build a Space Station That Has Artificial Gravity

January 22, 2025

Vast signs agreement with SpaceX for private astronaut missions to the ISS

December 19, 2024

Vast signs agreement with Czech government

November 8, 2024

Here’s What the Space Station That Could Replace the ISS Looks Like

October 15, 2024

Vast unveils the final design of its commercial station

October 13, 2024

Vast, the ‘SpaceX of space stations’ enters the race to become the successor to the ISS

October 13, 2024

Vast Announces Plans for Space Station to Succeed NASA's ISS

October 13, 2024

Vast releases design of Haven-2 commercial space station

October 13, 2024

Vast Unveils Designs for Haven-1 Station

October 11, 2024

Vast plans microgravity lab on its Haven-1 private space station

Vast to use Starlink for space station broadband communications

Vast Space hires former Voyager Space executive

Vast to Bid on Private Astronaut Missions to the ISS

February 23, 2024

Space startup partners with SpaceX to launch commercial space station

Vast Aims to Launch World’s First Commercial Space Station by 2025

Vast Space to launch 1st private station on SpaceX rocket in 2025

Vast unveils commercial space station plans with space agencies and civilians in mind

Vast and SpaceX plan to launch the first commercial space station in 2025

Vast announces plans for first commercial space station

Vast says it will launch its first space station in 2025 on a Falcon 9

Crypto Billionaire Wants to Launch First Commercial Space Station With SpaceX

Vast and SpaceX aim to put the first commercial space station in orbit in 2025

SpaceX and startup Vast hope to put the world’s first private space station in orbit

Space station company Vast, founded by billionaire Jed McCaleb, acquires startup Launcher

February 21, 2023