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Space station startup Vast has cut 4% of its workforce as the new space race heats up.<\/p>\n

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The startup, which is developing a commercial replacement for the International Space Station (ISS), fired 46 employees on Wednesday, Business Insider has learned.<\/p>\n

The cuts come months after Vast raised $500 million in a funding round\u00a0aimed at launching the world’s first commercial space station in 2027.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the startup confirmed the cuts, which they said were performance-related. They added that the company was still hiring and had 277 open roles.<\/p>\n

“As part of our mid-year review cycle, Vast parted ways with employees who were not meeting expectations. We are backfilling these positions and are continuing to grow and execute,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Business Insider spoke to two employees affected by the job losses, who said no issues had been raised about the quality or output of their work during their 1:1s with managers or in performance reviews over the past few months.<\/p>\n

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Founded in 2021 by crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb, Vast is one of several companies vying to build a commercial successor to the ISS, which is set to be deorbited in 2030.<\/p>\n

The California-based startup plans to launch Haven-1, its first space station, next year on a SpaceX rocket. Vast says it will begin launching Haven-2, the modular 12-person space station the company plans to use to replace the ISS, by 2028.<\/p>\n

Like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Vast’s long-term plans sound like something pulled from science fiction. The company’s ultimate ambition is to build space stations that will rotate in orbit to produce their own artificial gravity.<\/p>\n

Recently, Vast has expanded into satellite manufacturing and struck a deal with the European Space Agency to send its astronauts to the ISS.<\/p>\n

It comes amid uncertainty over NASA’s plans to fund a new generation of commercial space stations. In March, the agency proposed a new post-ISS strategy based around a single space station, but withdrew it in June after backlash from across the space industry.<\/p>\n

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