Pioneering Space Station Company, Vast,
Introduces Experienced Inaugural Lab Partners — Redwire and Yuri —
Signaling its Commitment to Comprehensive Payload Opportunities
Across Industries and Disciplines
Vast, the pioneering space habitation technology company, whose
goal is to build the successor to the International Space Station
(ISS), today announced the revolutionary Haven-1 Lab, scheduled to
be the world’s first microgravity research, development, and
manufacturing platform on a commercial space station. The Haven-1
Lab, set to launch no earlier than the second half of 2025 on
Haven-1, will be a hub for companies, governments, and other
entities to collaborate on science, research, and in-space
manufacturing.
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“The ISS may be on its way to be retired in 2030, but the
institutional knowledge deserves a new platform for future
microgravity research and manufacturing innovation. Our Haven-1 Lab
is designed to provide that bridge well before the eventual
retirement of ISS. This ensures that as we begin a new era of
commercial space stations we can continue and expand upon vital
international and commercial science and research in low Earth
orbit (LEO),” said Vast CEO, Max Haot.
As low Earth orbit’s premier hub for commercial endeavors in
microgravity, Vast’s Haven-1 Lab will allow partners to offer
onboard facilities for research and development in healthcare and
pharmaceuticals, advanced material manufacturing, biotechnology,
scientific experiments, and more. The Haven-1 Lab features 10
Middeck Locker Equivalent payload slots, each roughly the size of a
microwave. Each payload slot can weigh up to 30 kg (66 lbs), is
provided with 100 W of continuous power, and has access to an
Ethernet data connection. Payloads will be operated by the
astronaut crew on Haven-1, as well as commanded and monitored by
ground operators via Starlink laser links, providing Gigabit/s
speed, low latency connectivity. Partners will have the opportunity
to return products and samples from space via a SpaceX Dragon
spacecraft.
In tandem with Vast’s announcement of its Haven-1 Lab, the
company also announced Redwire and Yuri as its inaugural partners,
representing some of the foremost experts in the development of
microgravity payloads.
Haot added, “Microgravity experts and industry leaders like
Redwire and Yuri need a consistent platform in space for conducting
research and expanding cross-sector advancements with the inherent
advantages of a crewed environment. We are proud to provide the
foundation for that work and honored that they have entrusted us
with their proven technology.”
Redwire is the global leader in microgravity research and
development technologies, specializing in space biotechnology and
pharmaceutical development, spanning more than three decades of
human spaceflight heritage. Redwire owns nine payloads and
facilities currently installed on the ISS including Redwire’s
BioFabrication Facility, which successfully printed the first ever
human meniscus and first live human heart tissue in space.
Additionally, Redwire has developed a first-of-its-kind
pharmaceutical drug development platform—Pharmaceutical In-space
Laboratory – Bio-crystal Optimization Xperiments (PIL-BOX)—which
has flown three flight missions to and from the ISS, demonstrating
how microgravity can lead to innovations in drug development.
"Redwire is excited to be a key payload partner for Vast’s
Haven-1 Lab as we continue to accelerate momentum in creating a new
and dynamic economy in low Earth orbit. Haven-1 is the first
private sector platform that Redwire hardware will launch with,
extending the legacy of the ISS into a new era of commercial
platforms,” said Mike Gold, Chief Growth Officer at Redwire.
Yuri, Vast’s second inaugural payload partner, is renowned for
its pioneering efforts in leveraging microgravity to develop
groundbreaking biotech products, cures, and medical solutions. This
partnership with Vast will enable Yuri to expand its innovative
payload opportunities to the global institutional and commercial
research community. By utilizing the on-orbit version of
ScienceTaxi, Yuri will unlock new scientific discoveries through
its superior technical capabilities, such as advanced space
microscopy. This initiative will harness the potential of LEO for
commercial biotech advancements.
Co-Founder and CEO Maria Birlem emphasized the significance of
this collaboration, stating, “Now is the time to showcase marked
driven commercial collaboration in LEO. As a European partner, we
see a tremendous opportunity to significantly increase European
utilization of LEO, particularly with Haven-1, due to its
simplified access to microgravity for non-US stakeholders. Haven-1
is set to be the first Post-ISS scenario, and the entire world
stands to benefit.”
In addition to these inaugural partnerships, Vast is pursuing
payload partnerships in a variety of cutting-edge industries,
including semiconductor and advanced material manufacturing, edge
computing, and machine learning.
Furthering the company’s commitment to foster increased
innovation in the payload space, Vast is also offering a unique
payload end-user program so that individuals and companies of any
size or capacity can join forces with established payload partners
to access space in a low-cost manner, conduct independent or joint
experiments in microgravity environments, and tap into unlimited
opportunities for collaborative growth.
If you would like to become a payload partner or payload end
user, please visit vastspace.com/haven-1-lab.
ABOUT REDWIRE
Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) is a global space infrastructure
and innovation company enabling civil, commercial, and national
security programs. Redwire’s proven and reliable capabilities
include avionics, sensors, power solutions, critical structures,
mechanisms, radio frequency systems, platforms, missions, and
microgravity payloads. Redwire combines decades of flight heritage
and proven experience with an agile and innovative culture.
Redwire’s approximately 700 employees working from 14 facilities
located throughout the United States and Europe are committed to
building a bold future in space for humanity, pushing the envelope
of discovery and science while creating a better world on Earth.
For more information, please visit redwirespace.com.
ABOUT YURI
Yuri is a space biotech company providing a wide range of space
life science infrastructure & payload services and uses the
microgravity environment of space to develop and manufacture
superior biotech products. Since 2019, Yuri develops 3D printed
modular bioreactors and incubators for cell cultures, protein
crystals or plants, launching them to the ISS and beyond for
scientists & commercial customers around the world. With over
150 labs launched in the company history, Yuri is a key stakeholder
in the microgravity life science payload market. For more
information, visit yurigravity.com
ABOUT VAST
Vast is a pioneer in space habitation technologies focused on
expanding humanity across the solar system. Founded in 2021, the
company is building Haven-1, the world’s first private space
station slated to launch no earlier than August 2025. Vast is
developing their future Haven space station to serve NASA’s
Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) program. Vast’s long-term goal is
to build low-cost artificial gravity crewed stations so people can
live and work in space for long periods without the adverse effects
of zero gravity. For more information, please visit
vastspace.com.
HAVEN-1 LAB INAUGURAL PAYLOADS
Redwire Corporation
ADSEP4
The Advanced Space Experiment Processor 4 (ADSEP4), developed by
Redwire Corporation, is a fully automated, multi-use single middeck
locker processing facility used to conduct a variety of life and
physical science research and small-batch biotechnology production
in microgravity. The ADSEP4 facility can host up to four sample
processing cassettes for pharmaceutical research and manufacturing.
These cassettes, called Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory –
Bio-crystal Optimization Xperiments (PIL-BOXs), are launched in the
SpaceX Dragon to the Haven-1 space station, where the Vast
astronaut crew installs them into ADSEP4. In addition to
pharmaceuticals, samples such as stem cells, bacteria, colloids,
and many others also can be processed in ADSEP4.
Yuri
ScienceTaxi
ScienceTaxi, designed & manufactured by Yuri, is a
groundbreaking life science incubator facility that will enable a
wide range of experiments to be conducted in the Haven-1 Lab. The
incubator features temperature control, full automation, and
real-time data collection, as well as a centrifuge that allows for
experiments to be conducted under different gravity conditions,
including Earth, Moon, and Mars gravity. ScienceTaxi can
accommodate up to 38 experiment units, known as ScienceShells, and
will provide scientists with a powerful tool for studying the
effects of microgravity on various biological systems. The
ScienceShells are highly modular due to its 3D printing
manufacturing process. Each ScienceShell can be provided with a
microfluidic system and a phase contrast microscope!
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Eva Behrend, Vast VP, Communications press@vastspace.com
Tere Riley, Redwire Director, Marketing and Communications
tere.riley@redwirespace.com
Felix Steiner, Yuri Head of Business Development – New Space
felix.steiner@yurigravity.com
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