D.D. HARRIMAN, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Crypto Tycoon Joins Forces With Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Launch First Private Space Station.

Cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb is spearheading an ambitious effort to build the world’s first privately developed space station and send it into Earth’s orbit. The story—he is prepared to risk $1 billion of his fortune to fund the mission.

McCaleb’s California-based aerospace startup Vast is at the center of the mission, closely collaborating with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on the expedition to replace NASA’s International Space Station, which is scheduled to be decommissioned by 2030.

Vast is assembling the module, just big enough to fit four people, using SpaceX-developed components, the report stated. Moreover, the company has booked SpaceX rockets to take its hardware into space and transfer its crew to the station.

Haven-1, the company’s space station, is tentatively scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in May 2026, after being pushed back from an original goal of August 2025.

They’d have more options for mass and circumferance if they waited for Starship to become available — but who wants to wait when you can have your private space station sooner rather than later?