William F. Readdy dedicated more than 30 years of service to the United States as a military officer, pilot astronaut, and civil service executive. A decorated naval aviator, Readdy joined NASA in 1986 and was tapped for the astronaut corps just one year later. Throughout his astronaut career, Readdy logged more than 672 hours in space on three shuttle missions serving as commander on his third flight, STS-79. In 2001, Readdy was appointed as NASA’s associate administrator for space operations where he led a $6 billion-a-year enterprise comprising five major programs, four field installations, and more than 40,000 civil servant and contractor employees. Among many awards of distinction Readdy earned throughout both his military and NASA careers, he was honored as a Meritorious Rank Executive by President George W. Bush and awarded NASA’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal twice.

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.