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- NASA has selected Vast (the private space company) for its sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, with liftoff no earlier than mid-2027 from Florida.
- This mission is the first awarded to a company other than Axiom Space, with crews training alongside NASA and SpaceX.
- NASA aims to foster a commercial space economy to support long-term deep-space exploration, including missions to the Moon and Mars.
