Vast Signs Two-Mission Agreement With France, Plans Paris HQ

At the Choose France Summit 2026, (L-R): ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, ESA Reserve Astronaut Arnaud Prost, ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, CNES Deputy CEO Lionel Suchet, Vast CEO Max Haot, and Vast President, Europe Giorgio Saccoccia

At the Choose France Summit 2026, (L-R): ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, ESA Reserve Astronaut Arnaud Prost, ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, CNES Deputy CEO Lionel Suchet, Vast CEO Max Haot, and Vast President, Europe Giorgio Saccoccia.

Credit: Vast
Vast will fly two French astronauts on two separate missions scheduled for 2027, and will establish its European headquarters in Paris, the space technology company announced June 1. Under one of the new mission agreements, European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Thomas Pesquet will command Vast’s...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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