Vast Targets 2027 Haven-1 Launch, 2030 Haven-2 for Artificial-Gravity Missions

3 articles · Updated · minutemirror.com.pk · Jun 14

Haven-1 is slated to launch in 2027 and Haven-2 to become operational by 2030 as Vast builds orbital habitats aimed at supporting long-duration human missions.
Artificial gravity is central to the plan: rotating the station would simulate Earth-like conditions and help limit muscle loss, bone-density decline and other damage caused by months in microgravity.
A later, larger habitat would house about 40 crew members and rotate end-over-end at roughly 3.5 revolutions per minute to generate the effect.
Those early stations are also intended as research platforms for work including stem cell studies and protein crystal growth, while testing systems needed for longer stays in space.
The effort revives a decades-old concept explored by NASA and Stanford in 1975 and reflects a broader push to make deep-space travel—and eventually larger-scale settlement beyond Earth—more practical.