Michael J. Bowker has been a principal in the aerospace industry for more than two decades. Former Vice President of Business Development for SPACEHAB, Mr. Bowker returns to the SPACEHAB team as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Bowker is responsible for corporate development and the implementation of SPACEHAB's short and long term objectives. Mr. Bowker's in-depth knowledge of SPACEHAB and its subsidiaries began in 1998 when he oversaw the Company's marketing, sales and strategic partnership initiatives as Director of Business Development. He was later promoted to the Vice President role, further leading SPACEHAB to achieve alliances with Astrium in Germany, France, and Great Britain; Boeing; United Space Alliance; and, Embraer in Brazil.

Prior to re-joining the SPACEHAB team, Mr. Bowker led Astrium North America as its President and CEO where he directed all major marketing and business development efforts including securing several multi-million dollar aerospace contracts. Mr. Bowker also joined forces with United Space Alliance as their Business Development Director and Rockwell International in their Space Systems Division. Additionally, Mr. Bowker's extensive aerospace experience includes applied knowledge of the government sector when he worked at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in their Systems Engineering and Integration office.

Mr. Bowker earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.

About SPACEHAB, Inc.
SPACEHAB is a commercial 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.