France Signs Historic Two-Mission Agreement with Vast to the International Space Station and Haven-1, Scheduled to be the World’s First Commercial Space Station
Today at the Choose France Summit, created by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron,Vast announced its commitment to establish its European headquarters in Paris and an agreement with the Government of France, for two missions involving two French astronauts: the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station and the Haven-1 test flight, the first crewed mission to Vast’s Haven-1 commercial space station scheduled to launch in 2027.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260601260396/en/ ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet and ESA Reserve Astronaut Arnaud Prost will fly with Vast.
For France, this agreement ensures the country can continue its low-Earth orbit missions, building upon its prior experience of training for and participating in operational manned space missions.
Subject to the International Space Station’s Multilateral Crew Operations Panel (MCOP) review and approval, ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet will serve as Commander for Vast’s private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA. The MCOP’s decisions are reached through a consensus among representatives from all five Space Station partners: NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency.
