Artificial gravity space station startupVast announced that it intends to put the first commercial space station in orbit in August 2025 via launch partner SpaceX — which will also provide the first human occupants of said space station a short while later using SpaceX’s Dragon crew capsule.
Haven-1 is small enough that it can be launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and it’s designed to accommodate up to four crew at once. It features a docking hatch designed for Crew Dragon, and looks to be a little over double the height of SpaceX’s human-rated spacecraft.
In its initial, single-module form, the Vast station is mostly intended to provide an extended-stay destination for Dragon flights, offering four people a bit more room to stretch their legs — along with opportunity for “science, research and in-space manufacturing” for stays of up to 30 days on orbit. The station also provides power, round-the-clock connectivity via onboard Wi-Fi and “consumables” (a mini bar?) throughout the stay.
Vast-1, the mission that the company says will provide the station’s first four human occupants, is actually available for booking — the company is open to both space agencies and their professional astronauts, as well as private individuals aiming to do either scientific or philanthropic work. Vast also has an option on the books with SpaceX for a second mission, Vast-2, which would fly in 2026 — I guess depending on demand?
The 2025 date, if it sticks, will beat other planned commercial space stations to operational status — including the private Starlab project by Nanoracks, Lockheed Martin and Voyager space, which is aiming for 2027, and Axiom, which is so far targeting “late 2025” for the launch of the first section of its planned orbital platform.
Artificial gravity space station startup Vast announced that it intends to put the first commercial space station in orbit in August 2025 via launch partner SpaceX — which will also provide the first human occupants of said space station a short while later using SpaceX's Dragon crew
Dragon crew
Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by American space company SpaceX, primarily for flights to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX also launches private missions, such as Inspiration4 and Axiom Space Missions.
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin expects to launch the first version of its Blue Moon lunar lander, a precursor to a future crewed lunar lander it is developing for NASA, in 2025.
SpaceX's Starship rocket will be on Mars by the end of the decade and a future version will travel between the stars, billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday, days after the company celebrated major progress after the rocket's third test flight as it works with NASA to return astronauts to the moon.
Scientists anticipate heightened solar activity in the coming years, with the Sun reaching its peak during the Solar Maximum cycle by 2025. NASA has reportedly got this information regarding the solar storm via its Parker Solar probe.
In 2019, a panel discussion by NOAA, NASA, and the International Space Environment Services (ISES) forecasted that Solar Cycle 25, following the relatively weak Solar Cycle 24, would also be subdued, peaking in July 2025 with a maximum sunspot number of 115.
Elon Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and businessman who founded X.com in 1999 (which later became PayPal), SpaceX in 2002 and Tesla Motors in 2003.
Musk isn't the sole owner of SpaceX. He owns 42% and had almost 79% of its voting power as of March, the Journal reported. The upshot of that is that if he wants to take out a loan from the company, he can.
Owned by Elon Musk, SpaceX is one of the world's most valuable start-ups. The space company provides launch services and owns the valuable satellite internet start-up Starlink.
Privately held Vast Space and Axiom Space both have plans to build separate, independent space stations in Low Earth Orbit. Blue Origin, Sierra Space, Boeing, and Redwire have teamed up to build an "Orbital Reef" space station.
SpaceX has been delivering cargo to and from the International Space Station since 2012, and in 2020 SpaceX began transporting people to the orbiting laboratory under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
NASA is collaborating on developing a space station owned, built, and operated by a private company — either Axiom Space, Voyager Space, or Blue Origin. NASA is giving each company hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and sharing their expertise with them.
He is the founder, chairman, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, product architect, and former chairman of Tesla, Inc.; owner, executive chairman, and CTO of X Corp.; founder of the Boring Company and xAI; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the Musk Foundation.
SpaceX will aim to get these and future vehicles aloft as quickly as possible, in keeping with the company's "build, fly and iterate" philosophy. Indeed, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said this week that the company hopes to launch at least six Starship missions in 2024.
SpaceX's mission statement is “to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.” This statement demonstrates the company's commitment to transforming the aerospace industry and pushing the boundaries of human exploration.
Ondler says the organization is planning to launch a module that would attach directly to the ISS in 2025. Three additional modules would follow. Each module is itself a spacecraft. So after a rocket carried each craft to orbit, it would rendezvous with the aging space station.
By far the most exciting astronomical event of the year is a total solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, the Moon will cross in front of the Sun, casting a shadow on Earth that will move across Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
Two crewed space stations, the International Space Station (ISS) and Tiangong, are in operation in 2024. In terms of crewed missions, the ISS will be visited by Expedition 70, 71, and 72, while Shenzhou 18 and 19 will visit Tiangong. The ISS will also host private crews of Axiom Mission 3 and Axiom Mission 4.
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