Jacques van Oene
April 28th 05, 02:44 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPACEHAB PROVIDING CARGO SERVICES ON JULY SPACE STATION MISSION
STS-121 Astronaut Crew Undergoes Hardware Training at SPACEHAB Headquarters
Houston, Texas, April 26, 2005 - SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ/NMS: SPAB),
a leading provider of commercial space services, announced today that
SPACEHAB hardware, commercially developed and now destined for the
International Space Station (ISS), has successfully passed the final STS-121
astronaut review.
As SPACEHAB is providing its Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) system on the
STS-121 mission scheduled for mid-July, the Company was also requested to
design and fabricate a custom mounting plate, or Flight Support Equipment
(FSE), which would enable two pieces of critical hardware to be attached to
SPACEHAB's ICC for transfer to the ISS for their future use.
Several crew members of the STS-121 mission will be conducting Extra
Vehicular Activities (EVAs), or 'space walks', to transfer the hardware from
Atlantis' payload bay to the ISS. These astronauts visited SPACEHAB
Headquarters today for a training session on the flight hardware components.
Mission Specialist Piers Sellers and Mission Specialist Michael Fossom
inspected the flight unit and then simulated the maneuvers they will perform
to remove the critical hardware from the FSE while on orbit.
A more comprehensive training exercise was successfully completed in
February when the same crewmembers performed these and other STS-121 EVA
maneuvers while submerged in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, NASA's large
training pool that replicates the weightlessness of space. SPACEHAB also
designed and fabricated the FSE training units that were used for these
underwater EVA simulations.
And on this, NASA's eighteenth mission to the ISS and SPACEHAB's seventh,
the Company has yet another hardware payload manifested for flight - the
deployable SHOSS Box. Carrying spare parts, this spacious stowage box will
also be transferred to the ISS during the 11-day mission. On April 21,
crewmembers visited the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Florida for
their first look at the SHOSS Box mounted atop the ICC. The astronauts are
scheduled to return one last time in mid-May to perform their final
walk-down of all of the hardware integrated onto the ICC.
About SPACEHAB, Incorporated
SPACEHAB, Incorporated (www.spacehab.com) is a leading provider of
commercial and government space services with three primary business units.
The Flight Services business unit develops, owns, and operates habitat and
laboratory modules and cargo carriers aboard NASA's Space Shuttles for Space
Station resupply and research purposes. SPACEHAB's Astrotech subsidiary
provides payload processing support services for both commercial and
government customers at company-owned facilities in Florida and California.
The Company's Government Services business unit supports NASA's Johnson
Space Center providing configuration management, product engineering, and
support services for both the Space Station and Space Shuttle programs.
Additionally, through The Space Store, Space Media provides space
merchandise to the public and space enthusiasts worldwide
(www.thespacestore.com).
The statements in this document may contain forward-looking statements that
are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject
to risks, trends, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be
materially different from the forward-looking statement. These factors
include, but are not limited to, continued government support and funding
for key space programs, product performance and market acceptance of
products and services, as well as other risk factors and business
considerations described in the company's Securities & Exchange Commission
filings including the annual report on Form 10-K. Any forward-looking
statements in this document should be evaluated in light of these important
risk factors. The Company assumes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.
For more information, contact:
Kimberly Campbell
Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Communications
SPACEHAB, Inc.
Phone 713.558.5049
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
SPACEHAB PROVIDING CARGO SERVICES ON JULY SPACE STATION MISSION
STS-121 Astronaut Crew Undergoes Hardware Training at SPACEHAB Headquarters
Houston, Texas, April 26, 2005 - SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ/NMS: SPAB),
a leading provider of commercial space services, announced today that
SPACEHAB hardware, commercially developed and now destined for the
International Space Station (ISS), has successfully passed the final STS-121
astronaut review.
As SPACEHAB is providing its Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) system on the
STS-121 mission scheduled for mid-July, the Company was also requested to
design and fabricate a custom mounting plate, or Flight Support Equipment
(FSE), which would enable two pieces of critical hardware to be attached to
SPACEHAB's ICC for transfer to the ISS for their future use.
Several crew members of the STS-121 mission will be conducting Extra
Vehicular Activities (EVAs), or 'space walks', to transfer the hardware from
Atlantis' payload bay to the ISS. These astronauts visited SPACEHAB
Headquarters today for a training session on the flight hardware components.
Mission Specialist Piers Sellers and Mission Specialist Michael Fossom
inspected the flight unit and then simulated the maneuvers they will perform
to remove the critical hardware from the FSE while on orbit.
A more comprehensive training exercise was successfully completed in
February when the same crewmembers performed these and other STS-121 EVA
maneuvers while submerged in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, NASA's large
training pool that replicates the weightlessness of space. SPACEHAB also
designed and fabricated the FSE training units that were used for these
underwater EVA simulations.
And on this, NASA's eighteenth mission to the ISS and SPACEHAB's seventh,
the Company has yet another hardware payload manifested for flight - the
deployable SHOSS Box. Carrying spare parts, this spacious stowage box will
also be transferred to the ISS during the 11-day mission. On April 21,
crewmembers visited the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Florida for
their first look at the SHOSS Box mounted atop the ICC. The astronauts are
scheduled to return one last time in mid-May to perform their final
walk-down of all of the hardware integrated onto the ICC.
About SPACEHAB, Incorporated
SPACEHAB, Incorporated (www.spacehab.com) is a leading provider of
commercial and government space services with three primary business units.
The Flight Services business unit develops, owns, and operates habitat and
laboratory modules and cargo carriers aboard NASA's Space Shuttles for Space
Station resupply and research purposes. SPACEHAB's Astrotech subsidiary
provides payload processing support services for both commercial and
government customers at company-owned facilities in Florida and California.
The Company's Government Services business unit supports NASA's Johnson
Space Center providing configuration management, product engineering, and
support services for both the Space Station and Space Shuttle programs.
Additionally, through The Space Store, Space Media provides space
merchandise to the public and space enthusiasts worldwide
(www.thespacestore.com).
The statements in this document may contain forward-looking statements that
are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject
to risks, trends, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be
materially different from the forward-looking statement. These factors
include, but are not limited to, continued government support and funding
for key space programs, product performance and market acceptance of
products and services, as well as other risk factors and business
considerations described in the company's Securities & Exchange Commission
filings including the annual report on Form 10-K. Any forward-looking
statements in this document should be evaluated in light of these important
risk factors. The Company assumes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.
For more information, contact:
Kimberly Campbell
Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Communications
SPACEHAB, Inc.
Phone 713.558.5049
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info