Vast is a privately-held American aerospace company developing next-generation space stations and infrastructure to enable long-term human habitation in space. Its approach is incremental, hardware-rich, and aimed at reducing cost. The company is based in Long Beach, California, with additional facilities in Hawthorne, Mojave, Washington D.C., Houston, and Tokyo.
The company's flagship product is Haven-1, which it describes as the world's first commercial space station, with a targeted launch date of 2027. Vast states it is the only operational commercial space station company to have flown and operated its own spacecraft in orbit. Its technical domains include space station engineering, space infrastructure development, and artificial gravity systems.
Vast operates with a bottom-up, first-principles-led engineering approach. The company culture emphasizes empowering individuals to make decisions and own their outcomes, with stated values of respect, action, curiosity, and excellence.
