NASA Awards Vast Private Mission To ISS

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Irene Klotz
February 12, 2026

The SpaceX Dragon backs away from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA

NASA on Feb. 12 selected Long Beach, California-based Vast to conduct its first private astronaut mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), slated to fly no earlier than summer 2027. Like Axiom Space, which has conducted four private astronaut missions to the ISS, Vast will rely on…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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