{"city":"Long Beach","name":"Vast","slug":"vast","facts":[{"date":"2027-01-01","type":"product_launch","value":"Haven-1 station launch planned for early 2027","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2027-01-01","type":"product_launch","value":"Haven-1 station launch","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2027-01-01","type":"product_launch","value":"Haven-1 station set to launch in early 2027","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"Agreement with ESA to fly Adrianos Golemis on Vast's sixth private astronaut mission to the ISS","source":"sorae"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"Vast and ESA agreement to fly Adrianos Golemis on PAM-1","source":"sorae"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"Vast and ESA agreed to fly Adrianos Golemis on the sixth private astronaut mission to the ISS","source":"sorae"}],"peers":[{"name":"Sierra Space","rank":45,"slug":"sierra-space","score":"75"},{"name":"Axiom Space","rank":64,"slug":"axiom-space","score":"70"},{"name":"Orbit Fab","rank":65,"slug":"orbit-fab","score":"70"},{"name":"Voyager Technologies","rank":69,"slug":"voyager-technologies","score":"68"}],"stage":"Private","state":"California","aliases":["EdenLive","Haven-1","Haven-2","Vast Space"],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Vast is developing and operating commercial orbital space stations, including Haven-1 and the planned Haven-2, with facilities for astronaut missions, biotech experiments, and plant-growth research.","list":"Space 100","rank":51,"tier":"member","layer":"Infrastructure","total":74,"domain":"Space","scores":{"leverage":4,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":5,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Stations & habitats (orbital)"}],"founded":2021,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-19","header":"VAST open-sourced EdenLive, a real-time model for rendering detailed game footage.","outlet":"Pandaily"},{"date":"2026-09-30","header":"Family offices are seeking late-stage exposure to deals involving Zipline, Vast, and Atoms.","outlet":"All-In Podcast"},{"date":"2026-09-25","header":"Vast establishes Lunar Programs division to support NASA lunar initiatives","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-09-23","header":"Vast establishes new Lunar Programs division to support NASA Moon Base ambitions","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Vast and ESA agreed to fly Adrianos Golemis on the sixth private astronaut mission to the ISS.","outlet":"sorae"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Vast’s ISS mission will use SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with a planned four-person crew.","outlet":"sorae"}],"website":"https://www.vastspace.com","category":"Space · Infrastructure","categories":[{"name":"Stations & habitats (orbital)","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Infrastructure"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-19T10:33:49.08035+00:00","facts_total":85,"positioning":"Vast is a US commercial-space-station company (founder Jed McCaleb self-funding at multi-hundred-million scale) whose Haven Demo pathfinder succeeded in orbit (November 2025, power-positive) and whose Haven-1 flight structure is complete, with ~800 staff and near-everything in-house. It is the speed play of the station race (concept to orbital pathfinder in about 30 months), still positioned to be the first standalone commercial station, though its launch slipped to no earlier than Q1-2027. Haven-1 will host four crew over a three-year life, with the NASA CLD Phase 2 2026 decision as its existential catalyst. It is pre-revenue.","sub_category":"Stations & habitats (orbital)","signals_total":76,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/vast","title":"Vast · space, Long Beach, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Vast is developing and operating commercial orbital space stations, including Haven-1 and the planned Haven-2, with facilities for astronaut missions, biotech experiments, and plant-growth research. Space 100 rank 51 (score 74) 76 signals and 85 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}