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SpaceX to launch more private astronaut missions to ISS

SpaceX has signed a deal to fly two more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS) using its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule.
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 Falcon9.
Vast Space CEO, Max Haot in a statement said: “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.
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“These missions not only strengthen our expertise in human spaceflight operations and collaboration with NASA, but also position Vast as a leading contender to deliver the next-generation successor to the ISS, advancing the future of human space exploration.”
NASA plans to select and nurture that successor through 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.
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