WASHINGTON — Commercial space station developer Vast Space has hired an executive from another space station company as an adviser.
Vast announced March 28 that it hired Clay Mowry as an adviser. In that role, he will provide support for the company as it works on its proposed commercial space stations.
Mowry was previously chief revenue officer at Voyager Space, which is working with Airbus Defence and Space on the Starlab commercial station. That effort is one of three commercial station initiatives being funded by NASA, alongside those led by Axiom Space and Blue Origin.
“Clay’s experience and insight will be instrumental as we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in space habitation,” Max Haot, chief executive of Vast, said in a statement. “His contribution will play a key role in supporting Vast’s strategic direction and driving our mission forward.”
“What draws me to Vast is that they are building an incredible team and flight hardware to be sure that space agencies and commercial astronauts have a safe research platform in LEO well before the ISS is retired,” Mowry told SpaceNews. He said he has visited the company’s facilities in Long Beach, California, and “I’m impressed with their progress and determination.”
Mowry spent a little more than two years at Voyager, coming to that company after serving as vice president of global sales at Blue Origin. Previously, he led Arianespace’s U.S. office. He is also president of the International Astronautical Federation, an organization best known for its annual International Astronautical Congress events.
While Vast does not have a NASA award to work on commercial space station designs, it is privately developing Haven-1, a crew-tended module it plans to launch as soon as the end of the next year. It will be visited by one or more crews flying on SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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