Called Haven-1, the compact space station is scheduled to launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in 2025.
Following its deployment, the company wants to send a four-person crew to the space station on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, where they will spend up to 30 days in orbit.
“A commercial rocket launching a commercial spacecraft with commercial astronauts to a commercial space station is the future of low-Earth orbit, and with Vast we’re taking another step toward making that future a reality,” Tom Ochinero, senior vice president of Commercial Business at SpaceX, said in the statement.Vast is a relative newcomer to the industry, specializing in space habitation.
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