Haven-1: Vast Space wants to launch its private space station into space in 2026
The US start-up Vast Space has passed an important test for its space station. It can fly into space and is set to accommodate space tourists in the future.
Artistic representation of the Haven-1 space station in orbit: Space tourists fly with the Crew Dragon
(Image: Vast Space)
Following the completion of an important test of its Haven-1 space station, the US space company Vast Space has announced a launch date. Haven-1 is scheduled to fly into space next year.
Vast Space has successfully completed qualification testing of the primary structure. The company from Long Beach in the US state of California announced that it had thus reached "a decisive milestone on our journey".
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The primary structure of the space station was successfully built in just 15 months. Some tests are still pending. But with the completion of the qualification test, an updated schedule can be announced, the company added: According to this, all systems should be integrated by the end of this year. Haven-1 is expected to be launched in May next year on board a carrier rocket from the US space company SpaceX. The first launch was already planned for this year.
Space for four people
The Haven-1 space station consists of a cylindrical module measuring 10 meters in length and 4.40 meters in diameter. The station is intended for government and private sector missions, but also for space tourism. Up to four people will be able to stay in the 45 cubic meter habitat in orbit and look down on the earth from a height of around 500 kilometers through 1.10 meter windows.
Like the transportation of the station, the space company SpaceX will also be responsible for transferring the crews. The Crew Dragon space shuttle will take the first four-person crew there one month after the launch. It is to check all the station's systems for two weeks before it goes into regular operation.
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Vast Space does not want to stop there with Haven-1: From 2028, the company plans to build a second station: Haven-2 will have a modular design, with the modules looking like a larger version of Haven-1.
Four Haven-2 modules are to be in space by 2030. In that year, a central module will be added, to which the other four will dock. The station is to grow to nine modules by 2032. In the expansion stage, twelve people will live on the station. For the mid-2030s, Vast Space is planning a space station large enough for a crew of 40 and in which artificial gravity is to be generated.
(wpl)
