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Astronaut health and safety in orbit is paramount. Dana Levin, Director of Space Medicine at Vast, inspects color-coded medical bags designed for crew to manage health and respond to symptoms aboard Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station.

Haven-1 interior build-out begins. Shelving for the interior of the spacecraft undergoes quality inspection with a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) to verify they meet exact dimensions and designs. The shelves will carry food, water, and other life support cargo for the mission.

Mission complete. After three months in orbit and 49 tests completed validating critical systems, components, and processes, we have successfully performed a controlled deorbit of Haven Demo, our in-space testbed for Haven-1 technologies. Read more. https://lnkd.in/gBFmd_Cg

Vast is developing and manufacturing Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs) in-house at our headquarters in Long Beach, California. CMGs will complement propulsion thrusters to provide attitude control for Haven-1 and future stations, but require forced convective cooling. Here, in our full-scale life support testing module, we are integrating a cooling loop in the airflow path and will conduct tests to ensure nominal temperatures are maintained throughout the missions.

Vast Astronaut Advisor, Megan McArthur, evaluates and provides feedback on the Haven-1 sleep system, designed to address the greatest challenges that hinder sleep in space. The ISS orbits Earth every 90 minutes, creating 16 sunrises and sunsets per day that disrupt circadian rhythms. Haven-1 crew quarters feature lighting systems that follow natural sleep-wake cycles and optimized airflow. Our patent-pending sleep system inflates to provide calming, adjustable pressure to simulate the feeling of gravity on Earth, with an easy-egress zipper. Vast will always prioritize crew health and safety, which is why our industrial design, crew systems, and ECLSS teams worked directly with our astronaut advisors to create a sleep system designed to maximize quality rest and help prevent fatigue-induced errors. Early and iterative human-in-the-loop evaluations such as these are essential to ensuring mission success, safety, and long-term human habitation in space.

The Federal Aviation Administration has made a favorable payload determination for Haven-1 following interagency review with NASA, the State Department, the Commerce Department, and national security stakeholders. This marks another step forward in launching Haven-1, expected to be the world's first commercial station when it is ready to launch in Q1 2027.

Arena Magazine stopped by Vast to see where America’s next space station is being built and what makes our approach different. From day one, we’ve been committed to bringing space station manufacturing back to the United States. 🇺🇲 https://lnkd.in/daAQSWq9

Our recent news made it to the #nyse trading floor while Times Square visitors got a preview of Haven-1, scheduled to launch in 2027 and become the world’s first commercial space station.

Vast has closed a $300M Series A to continue production of its Haven commercial space station. In addition, Vast took on $200M in debt, bringing its total new funding in the door to $500M. https://lnkd.in/g5R8DPS6

Vast CEO Max Haot joined TBPN hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays to discuss our $500M in funding and how it will accelerate our mission to ensure a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit while fueling the growth of this new space economy.