Astrotech Corporation, formerly Spacehab Inc., [3] is a technology incubator headquartered in Austin, Texas. Astrotech uses technology sourced internally and from research institutions, government laboratories, and universities to fund, manage and sell start-up companies.

The Research Double Module was a payload module built by Spacehab Inc (now Astrotech Corporation) for the US Space Shuttle Orbiters. The Research Double Module flew only on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission, in which it was destroyed.

The SPACEHAB system provides additional pressurized workspace for experiments, cargo and crew activities. SPACEHAB modules have supported various Shuttle science missions along with several of the joint Shuttle-Mir missions.

Spacehab was initially formed to develop a 5000 kg pressurized module derived from ESA's Spacelab. The 3 meter long Spacehab module was carried inside the Shuttle cargo bay and provides 28.3 cubic meters of expanded habitable space …

Space exploration concept artwork by designer and artist Bryan Versteeg.

2000年5月19日 · NASA’s Research and Logistics Mission Support (REALMS) contract with SPACEHAB provides options for numerous Space Shuttle flights. Contact: SPACEHAB, Inc. Linda Billings, 202/488-3500 x. 201

1997: Spacehab buys Astrotech and Johnson Engineering. 2000: Space Media prepares to broadcast from the International Space Station. Company History: Spacehab, Inc. is the only private company to own and operate space vehicles; namely, pressurized modules used to house experiments on board space shuttles and the International Space Station.

2024年12月13日 · 8月11日，STS-106任务的Spacehab有效载荷在凌晨3点20分运送到39B发射台。 8月12日，亚特兰蒂斯号安装在MLP 2上，于凌晨3点离开VAB的1号舱，这是历史上首次绕行VAB大楼北侧进入新改造的2号舱，计划于9月8日上午8点31分发射。

2023年8月10日 · SPACEHAB is the first company to own and operate commercial space habitation modules, flown on NASA Space Shuttles to increase pressurized volume in which astronauts can live and work. U.S. Senator John Glenn performed research in a SPACEHAB Research Module upon his return to space in October 1998 aboard the Shuttle Discovery.

Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) is an innovative science and technology development and commercialization company. We invent, acquire, and commercialize technological innovations sourced from research institutions, laboratories, and internally to maximize shareholder value.