SpaceX and startup promise to put world’s first private space station into orbit | CNN

A rendering provided by VAST shows the company's proposed Haven-1 commercial space station.

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory Science Newsletter. Explore the world with fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more news. CNN – VAST — a California-based startup and one of the newest entrants into the world of privatized spaceflight — plans to use a SpaceX rocket to launch it. Think shuttle passengers to and from the … Read more

Vast says it will launch its first space station on Falcon 9 in 2025

A rendering of the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached to the Haven-1 space station.

expand / A rendering of the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached to the Haven-1 space station. Wide A private space station company, VAST, announced on Wednesday that it intends to launch a commercial space station by August 2025. After this “Haven-1” space station is deployed in low-Earth orbit, four commercial astronauts will launch to the facility. … Read more