Vast has started integration work on its Haven-1 space station, whose launch is now projected for the first quarter of 2027. Credit: Vast
WASHINGTON — Commercial space station developer Vast has named the former president and chief executive of The Aerospace Corp. as an adviser while the company awaits the next phase of a key NASA program.
Vast announced June 30 that Steve Isakowitz has joined the company as an adviser. Isakowitz retired from The Aerospace Corp. last year after nine years as its leader. Earlier in his career, he held senior positions at Virgin Galactic, NASA, the Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget.
That experience, he noted in an interview, spans much of the history of the International Space Station. “It’s had an incredible run, but that run is coming to an end, and it’s coming to an end at a really exciting time for the industry,” he said of the ISS.
Vast is among the companies proposing to build commercial stations that would serve as successors to the ISS, with NASA as one of multiple customers. “I think that really opens up the possibilities of what was the original vision of the International Space Station to find partnerships and look for opportunities for research, manufacturing and so on,” he said.
