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Haven-1 launch date: every target Vast has given

Haven-1 is set to be the first privately owned space station to fly on its own: one module, launched on a Falcon 9, visited by four-person crews on SpaceX's Dragon. It exists because a seat and a launch now cost what a company can raise.

By EJ · Updated Nov 1, 2026 · 9 sources linked

The short answer

Launch: Vast says Haven-1 will be ready to launch in the first quarter of 2027 (update of January 20, 2026); its Haven-1 page says "2027". The first target, given in May 2023, was August 2025.

First crew: four people on a SpaceX Dragon for about two weeks, planned for 2027, within weeks of the station's launch.

Price: Vast has not published one; it sells seats singly or as a whole crew and asks buyers to email.

Date history

Every Haven-1 launch target, as Vast stated it

  1. May 10, 2023 · Vast No earlier than August 2025 "Scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to low-Earth orbit no earlier than August 2025" source
  2. Oct 14, 2024 · Vast 2025 "Haven-1, which is set to launch in 2025" source
  3. Feb 6, 2025 · Vast No earlier than May 2026 "Haven-1 launch NET May 2026" source
  4. Jan 12, 2026 · Vast May 2026 (still on Vast's Haven-1 page) "Haven-1, targeted to launch in May 2026" source
  5. Jan 20, 2026 · Vast Q1 2027 "Vast is updating its schedule for Haven-1 to be ready to launch Q1 2027." source
  6. Mar 1, 2026 · Vast 2027 (Vast's Haven-1 page, still live Nov 1, 2026) "Haven-1, targeted to launch in 2027" source

First crew (the Vast-1 mission)

  1. Feb 6, 2025 · Vast No earlier than end of June 2026: four astronauts on Dragon for two weeks source
  2. Jun 1, 2026 · Vast 2027, about two weeks, within weeks of the station's launch source
Facts

Haven-1 at a glance

Operator
Vast (Long Beach, California)
Launch
SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral; crews on SpaceX Dragon
Crew
4 per visit, about two weeks per mission
Status
In integration at Vast's Long Beach factory; environmental tests at NASA's Armstrong Test Facility planned later in 2026 Vast, Jan 20, 2026
Money
$500 million raised, announced March 5, 2026 Vast
NASA
No NASA development money for Haven-1 (unfunded agreement, June 2023). Separately, NASA picked Vast to fly the sixth private astronaut mission to the ISS, no earlier than summer 2027 NASA, Feb 12, 2026
Next
Haven-2, a multi-module station Vast proposes to replace the ISS: first module 2028, complete 2032, if NASA funds it (tracker)

Haven-1 is one of five stations on our commercial space station tracker, which keeps the same date history for each.

Update log

Changes to this page

  • Nov 1, 2026 · First published. Current target Q1 2027 (Vast, January 20, 2026).
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EJ, "Haven-1 launch date: every target Vast has given", Orbit Economics, updated Nov 1, 2026, https://orbiteconomics.com/space-stations/haven-1/

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