Spaceflight 🚀Where to book and what else to consider for your private #spaceflight 🚀 https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Space
20 things to see 📷 on the #Moon https://www.astronomy.com/observing/things-to-see-on-the-moon-an-observers-guide-to-lunar-names/
🧭 #Navigation : #Marble is a virtual globe 🌐 application which allows the user to choose among the #Earth, the #Moon, #Venus, #Mars and other planets 🪐 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software) | https://marble.kde.org
"Think of something profound to say on your arrival. Things that the #Apollo astronauts 👨🚀 said on their arrival includes [...] https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Moon
4️⃣0️⃣ #SpaceStation & #SpaceHabitat companies https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-stations
📆 2026 StarMax 400 m3 #Gravitics
📆 2026 LIFE Pathfinder 285 m3 #SierraSpace
📆 2026 Axiom Station #AxiomSpace
📆 2027 Haven-1 80 m3 #VastSpace
📆 2027 Lunar Gateway 125 m3 #NASA #ESA #CSA #JAXA
📆 2027 Orbital Reef 830 m3 #BlueOrigin #SierraSpace
📆 2027 Russian Orbital Service Station #Roscosmos
📆 2028 Starlab ~450 m3 #NanoRacks #VoyagerSpace #Airbus #MDASpace #Mitsubishi
📆 2028 Bharatiya Antariksha Station 265 m3 #ISRO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_stations#Planned_and_proposed
• #AxiomStation is believed to have been downsized to two modules from the originally planned four.
• The #VAST #Haven-2’s first module is scheduled to launch in 📆 2028
• #OrbitalReef is designed with 830 cubic meters of internal volume, 90 percent of the internal volume on the #ISS
• #Starlab launch is scheduled for 📆 2028
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/commercial-space-stations/
• The #VAST #Haven-2’s first module is scheduled to launch in 📆 2028
• #OrbitalReef is designed with 830 cubic meters of internal volume, 90 percent of the internal volume on the #ISS
• #Starlab launch is scheduled for 📆 2028
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/commercial-space-stations/
#Competition accelerates #innovation : "What if we actually build a #SpaceStation, launch 🚀 it in #orbit, have a crew 👨🚀 of four go to it, spend two weeks at least in the space station, and come back home safely…before the U.S. #government makes their decision?” (in 📆 2026) https://youtu.be/us_V_e0-NVs?feature=shared&t=205
The Race to Replace the ISS | VAST's American-Made Space Station
The primary structure of the #SpaceStation was built in just 15 months. #Haven1 is expected to be launched in 📆 May 2026. It consists of a cylindrical module measuring 10 meters in length and 4.40 meters in diameter. The 45 cubic meter habitat got 1.10 meter windows. Four #Haven2 modules are to be in space by 📆 2030. The station is to grow to nine modules by 📆 2032. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Haven-1-Vast-Space-wants-to-launch-its-private-space-station-into-space-in-2026-10277222.html
#Vast has completed the final weld on the primary structure of its #Haven1 private #SpaceStation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2qFOJc8iZo
Next steps include integrating the flight article's hatch and a domed window. The #Falcon9 for the launch is booked, and liftoff could take place as soon as the second quarter of 📆 2026 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/vast-gearing-up-to-launch-its-haven-1-private-space-station-in-2026
Next steps include integrating the flight article's hatch and a domed window. The #Falcon9 for the launch is booked, and liftoff could take place as soon as the second quarter of 📆 2026 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/vast-gearing-up-to-launch-its-haven-1-private-space-station-in-2026
Haven-1 Virtual Reality - Available Now for Download
• #Vast plans to send the 45 m3 #Haven1 to orbit in 📆 2026, the 55 m3 #Haven2 in 📆 2028
• #AxiomSpace plans to launch its first module to the #ISS in 📆 2027, later joined by two 11 x 4.2 meter (145 m3) habitable modules
• #Airbus and #VoyagerSpace plan to launch the 450 m3 #Starlab 📆 2028
• #SierraSpace and #BlueOrigin start operating the 830 m3 #OrbitalReef by the end of the decade
Kilometer-Scale #SpaceStructures will rely heavily on recent advances in mechanical metamaterials that have shown the potential to expand to 150 times their compressed size. It could rotate to create artificial #gravity without giving its inhabitants motion sickness 🤢 https://www.me.washington.edu/news/article/2021-02-25/nasa-selects-lipton-futuristic-space-concept
A high-expansion-ratio structure can be deployed to a final length of one kilometer on #orbit 🌌 as part of a large #SpaceStation https://www.nasa.gov/general/kilometer-scale-space-structures-from-a-single-launch-2/
When will #SpaceTourism to orbit 🌌 or beyond be available other than to the #ISS, #Tiangong or (to stay) in a #Dragon / #Starliner capsule ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism#Orbital_space_tourism
#Haven2 #Starlab #OrbitalReef #VoyagerSpace #VoyagerStation #journalism #SpaceHotel #Starship #NewGlenn #Gaganyaan #HumanSpaceflight
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📆 April 2026 #CLD Phase 2 awards trigger immediate hiring, facility investment, and supply chain commitments. Initial module launches 🚀 anticipated in 📆 2028-2029 for most designs. NASA requires stations to achieve operational capability before #ISS deorbit, currently planned for 2030. Companies must execute flawlessly or risk losing #NASA’s anchor tenancy to competitors who deliver operational capability 🌌 first https://www.exterrajsc.com/p/congressional-budget-victory-cements
The companies at the forefront of the #CLD competition:
• #Vast is expecting to launch 🚀 its #Haven1 #SpaceStation in Q1 📆 2027
• #Axiom Space is planning to launch a two-module station by 📆 2028
• #Starlab, which is being built by a joint venture between #Voyager Technologies and #Airbus, is aiming to launch its station in 📆 2029
https://payloadspace.com/payload-field-guide-commercial-leo-destination/
#Vast and other commercial #SpaceStation developers are waiting for #NASA to release the final request for proposals. Delays ⏳ in the release of that procurement was one reason for extending the life of the #ISS by two years, to the end of 2032 https://spacenews.com/vast-raises-500-million-for-commercial-space-station-development/
