The flights were booked by California company Vast Space, which is developing a private space station called Haven-1 that could reach orbit as soon as next year, also atop a Falcon 9.
"Enabling payload and crewed missions to the ISS is a key part of Vast’s strategy, allowing us to further our collaboration with NASA and global space agencies," Vast Space CEO Max Haot said in a statement.
NASA plans to select and nurture that successor via its Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destination program. Vast has thrown its hat in the ring with its Haven-2 design, a larger, more advanced version of the Haven-1 pathfinder. Haven-2's first module could be up and running in low Earth orbit by 2028, two years before the ISS' envisioned retirement, according to the company.
Source: www.space.com
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