Race for first private space station heats up as Nasa plans 2030 ISS retirement
Written by stingfm on November 14, 2025
With Nasa’s International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a frenzied race for the world’s first commercial space station.
Haven-1 – a mini station scheduled for launch in May 2026 – has been designed for comfort, according to Andrew Feustel, a former Nasa astronaut now an adviser at Vast.
“It has a three-year lifespan, and over that period of time, we plan to visit the spacecraft with multiple crews of four, four at a time,” he said…
Haven-1 – a mini station scheduled for launch in May 2026 – has been designed for comfort, according to Andrew Feustel, a former Nasa astronaut now an adviser at Vast.
“It has a three-year lifespan, and over that period of time, we plan to visit the spacecraft with multiple crews of four, four at a time,” he said…
