{"id":5782,"date":"2025-04-04T20:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/vast-and-nasa-signs-agreement-to-test-haven-1-at-armstrong-test-facility\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T20:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:33:54","slug":"vast-and-nasa-signs-agreement-to-test-haven-1-at-armstrong-test-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/vast-and-nasa-signs-agreement-to-test-haven-1-at-armstrong-test-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Vast and NASA Signs Agreement to test Haven-1 at Armstrong Test Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1743753641457_638793504455360370.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"385\" alt=\"Vast and NASA Signs Agreement to test Haven-1 at Armstrong Test Facility\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1743753641457_638793504455360370.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1743753641457_638793504455360370.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"385\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vast<\/strong> and <strong>NASA<\/strong> have signed an agreement to allow Vast to perform the final environmental test campaign of the Haven-1&nbsp;flight-ready station at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center at Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Haven-1 testing will occur at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility\u2019s Space Environments Complex, home to some of the world&#8217;s largest and most capable space simulation test facilities. Scheduled to begin in early 2026, Haven-1 will undergo rigorous testing to verify its performance and reliability when exposed to environments it will experience during launch and on-orbit operations, including acoustics, vibration, electromagnetic interference, and thermal vacuum.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Also Read:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Technical Articles about Launches<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haven-1, Vast\u2019s commercial space station and crewed microgravity research, development, and manufacturing platform, built at historically low-costs, aims to open up new frontiers in space science by broadening access for more nations and commercial partners to conduct research and contribute to making long-term space habitation possible. This testing agreement is another significant milestone, demonstrating Vast\u2019s rapid progress as an official Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program partner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1743753715071_638793505188811895.png\" width=\"612\" height=\"329\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" ><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re thankful for NASA&#8217;s support to test the Haven-1 flight vehicle at this historical and world-renowned facility; it is a testament to the growing importance of Vast as a commercial destination partner. Having a proven commercial space station on orbit before the International Space Station is retired is critical,&#8221; said <strong><\/strong><strong>Max Haot,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;CEO of Vast<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Vast recently successfully completed its pressure test of the Haven-1 primary structure qualification article, and is currently building the flight-ready primary structure for this testing milestone. Haven-1 is scheduled to launch no earlier than May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vast and NASA have signed an agreement to allow Vast to perform the final environmental test campaign of the Haven-1&nbsp;flight-ready station at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center at Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Haven-1 testing will occur at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility\u2019s Space Environments Complex, home to some of the world&#8217;s largest and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-5782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}