Overview

• Vast, a company founded by billionaire Jed McCaleb, is planning to launch the first fully private commercial space station in low Earth orbit in August 2025 in partnership with SpaceX.
• The space station, called Haven-1, will accommodate up to four crew members for stays of up to 30 days to conduct scientific research and manufacturing.
• McCaleb is personally investing $300 million to fund the initiative.
• Haven-1 will leverage life support systems from SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
• Vast hopes to eventually create a massive space station with artificial gravity that could launch on SpaceX's Starship rocket.