Startup Vast Aims To Leapfrog Competition To Host NASA Crews After ISS | Aviation Week Network

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Irene Klotz
September 10, 2025

Vast Haven-1 commercial space station

Vast’s Haven-1 qualification article completed structural and pressure testing at Mojave, California, in August.

Credit: Vast

Aspiring space station operator Vast figures the best way to get a jump on its competition is to launch early and demonstrate safe, reliable operations before NASA selects one or more commercial platforms to succeed the International Space Station. Toward that goal, the privately owned startup based…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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