US startup Vast, in collaboration with SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk, plans to launch the first commercial space station Haven-1 into orbit. How said in a press release on the company’s website, this will happen “at the earliest in August 2025”.
Haven-1 will be approximately 10 meters long and 3.81 meters in diameter. It will be delivered to low Earth orbit as part of the Vast-1 mission using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Over time, it is planned to send additional modules to the station, so Haven-1 will constantly increase.
The station is designed to accommodate four crew members simultaneously and remain in orbit for up to 30 days. The team will receive research equipment, communications and 24-hour Wi-Fi, electricity and food.
The crew will fly on SpaceX’s reusable Dragon spacecraft. Seats on board are for sale. Vast offers them not only to professional astronauts, representatives of aerospace agencies, but also to individuals “engaged in science and philanthropy”.
In addition to transport assistance, SpaceX will help Vast with its preparations: it will provide emergency briefings, talk about Falcon 9 and Dragon operating principles, practice getting on and off the board, and conduct simulations of mission, including simulations. docking, undocking and returning to shore.
“We are grateful to SpaceX for this partnership, which represents the first steps in Vast’s long-term vision to launch much larger space stations into Earth orbit and beyond,” the company said in a statement.
If Vast-1 is successful and there is demand for its flights, the company will organize another mission. However, that won’t happen until 2026.
If Haven-1 is in orbit in mid-2025, Vast will outpace other commercial space stations, including the private Starlab Nanoracks project, Lockheed Martin and Voyager Space, which is aiming for 2027, and Axiom, which is currently aiming for “the end”. of 2025″ to launch the first section of its orbital platform. However, the Washington Post does not exclude that it will be transferred.
The startup Vast appeared in 2021. It was founded by programmer and entrepreneur Jed McCaleb, whose net worth is estimated at $2.4 billion. data Forbes, a businessman made his fortune on cryptocurrency.
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