France is advancing its space ambitions through a new partnership with US company Vast, aiming for two significant space firsts next year. Astronaut Arnaud Prost is slated to become the first person to visit a commercial space station, Vast's Haven-1, planned for deployment next year. Concurrently, Thomas Pesquet will command a mission to the International Space Station (ISS), potentially marking the first time a non-American leads a US capsule mission, pending partner approval. These missions, launching on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets, underscore France's commitment to space exploration, with Pesquet also eyeing future lunar missions under the Artemis program.