Vast Releases Haven-1 Space Station VR App for Apple Vision Pro, Meta Headsets, and SteamVR
Vast Lead Astronaut, and former Acting Chief Astronaut at NASA, Andrew Feustel, serves as the narrator of the simulation, and also advised on the app's development. With three missions to space and 197 days on the International Space Station, Feustel's input was essential to ensuring an accurate simulation of being onboard a space station.
In the opening, Feustel greets the user at Vast headquarters in Long Beach, California, where Haven-1 is currently being designed and manufactured. His voice then guides the user through the station's interior, inviting them to interact with life support systems and other critical components showcasing the functionality of the station.
Much like on a real mission aboard Haven-1, the app enables users to run experiments and partake in routine astronaut activities including accessing storage areas for food and crew equipment, and checking a digital crew interface that monitors the station's systems.
Users can also interact with the simulated Haven-1 Lab, the world's first microgravity research, development, and manufacturing platform on a commercial, crewed space station. In the Haven-1 Lab, the user can check on experiments and view payloads from inaugural lab partners Redwire and Yuri, both foremost experts in developing microgravity payloads.
Other features of Haven-1 VR include the 1.1 m domed window, which boasts an immersive, 180-degree view of Earth, and the revolutionary zero gravity sleep system, which provides optimal support and comfort to astronauts while they sleep. Feustel specifically provided guidance on the simulated experience of looking through the window and the 'overview effect', a documented phenomenon that Feustel and other astronauts have experienced when viewing the Earth from space.
Scheduled to launch no earlier than May 2026, Haven-1 represents a preliminary step toward Vast's vision of pioneering the future of long-term space habitation.
Download the VR app from Meta, the App Store, or Steam to follow Vast's progress and get an up-close look at the world's first commercial space station. https://www.vastspace.com/haven-1-vr
About Vast
Founded in 2021 by Jed McCaleb, Vast is developing humanity's next-generation space stations and pioneering the path to long-term living and thriving in space. Haven-1, scheduled to be the world's first commercial space station, is currently in development and is expected to launch NET May 2026. Vast is also developing Haven-2, the proposed successor to the International Space Station (ISS), designed to serve NASA's Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) program as a micro-gravity laboratory in space. Vast's long-term ambition is to create artificial gravity habitations that enable humans to live in space, reaffirming its commitment to ensuring a spacefaring future for all.
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