SPACEHAB Announces Successful ARCTUS Mid-Air Recovery Test
19 Dezember 2007 - 5:50PM
Business Wire
SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPABD), a leading provider of
commercial space services, today announced the success of a mid air
retrieval demonstration test performed with applications to its
Advanced Research and Conventional Technology Utilization
Spacecraft (ARCTUS) Program. The Company is releasing video of the
successful test on SPACEHAB�s ARCTUS Program website. The test,
performed by Vertigo Incorporated and United Launch Alliance (ULA),
was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of mid-air capture for
a variety of applications. The mass simulator was carried by
helicopter to an altitude of 5,000 feet and then released under a
parafoil. The helicopter was then able to capture a drag line being
trailed behind the chute, lift the combined mass, collapse the
parafoil, and gently place the simulated spacecraft on the ground.
By contrast, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft makes a relatively hard
landing on solid ground. The ARCTUS Program will support NASA�s
requirement to fill the International Space Station (ISS) cargo
supply gap between the space shuttle�s planned retirement in 2010
and the replacement Orion program scheduled to be operational in
2015. ARCTUS will also provide SPACEHAB with an additional means of
space access in support of the Company�s previously announced
SPACEHAB Microgravity Sciences initiatives which include returning
to Earth valuable and often fragile biotech products that require
the soft landing afforded by the mid air capture retrieval
technique. �All of the pieces are coming together very nicely in
our pursuit of providing the ideal environment to process biotech
products in microgravity,� said SPACEHAB, Inc. Chief Executive
Officer Thomas B. Pickens, III. �The mid air capture will ensure
that all of the cost and care invested to send valuable samples to
space will result in the maximum yield when safely returned to
Earth,� he said. �We are very pleased with our working relationship
with ULA and look forward to achieving many successful milestones
together to reach the ultimate goal of flying ARCTUS to low Earth
orbit in 2010. This is a very exciting time for the space
industry,� he concluded. Video from the mid air retrieval can be
accessed at the official ARCTUS program website,
www.arctus-spacecraft.com. About SPACEHAB, Incorporated SPACEHAB is
a commercial leader and entrepreneurial force in the space industry
providing a full spectrum of products and services to both the
government and private sectors. The Company offers space access and
payload integration services, production of valuable commercial
products in space, spacecraft pre-launch processing facilities and
services, development and extension of space-based products to the
consumer market, and program and engineering support ranging from
development and manufacturing of flight hardware to large scale
government project management. 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.
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