Vast-1

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

First crewed mission of VAST Space's future commercial space station Haven-1. The crew of four will remain in orbit for 10 days. The crew will include ESA/CNES astronaut Arnaud Prost, as well as potentially ESA/UKSA astronaut John McFall.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 2, 2026, 3:09 p.m.

NET July 2027.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 20, 2026, 8:07 p.m.

NET early 2027.


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 6, 2025, 2:52 p.m.

NET Late June 2026.




Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Crew Dragon


Active Human Rated Unmanned Crew Capacity: 4 Payload Capacity: 6000 kg
Destination: Haven-1
Serial Number: TBD

The specific spacecraft for this launch is currently unknown.

Crew Dragon 2 Details

SpaceX

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 672 Failures: 15 Pending: 135

Agency Type:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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