SPACEHAB RETAINS NEW ACCOUNTING FIRM

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SPACEHAB RETAINS NEW ACCOUNTING FIRM

Houston, Texas, May 19, 2004 – SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ/NMS: SPAB), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that the audit committee of the Company's Board of Directors has selected the accounting firm of Grant Thornton LLP as SPACEHAB's new independent auditor.

SPACEHAB reassessed its independent auditor engagement after the Company closed its Washington D.C. office at the end of December 2003 and consolidated corporate operations at its Houston, Texas headquarters. Chief Financial Officer, Brian Harrington said, “We simply needed to retain a firm with a Houston presence and with the available resources to support the Company's business requirements while ensuring we received the finest audit support available. Grant Thornton has a solid reputation for professionalism and service with proven expertise in the government contractor industry."

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" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statements. In addition to those risks and uncertainties discussed herein, such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, whether the Company will fully realize the economic benefits under its U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") and other customer contracts, whether NASA and other customers will continue to utilize the Company's habitat modules and related commercial space assets, whether plans to complete the International Space Station ("ISS") are fulfilled, continued availability and use of the U.S. Space Shuttle system, technological difficulties, product demand and market acceptance risks, the effect of economic conditions, uncertainty in government funding, the impact of competition, delays and uncertainties in future space shuttle and ISS programs, resolution of the Company's indemnification claim with NASA arising from the loss of the Columbia orbiter and its crew during the STS-107 mission, and other risks described in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

For more information, contact:

Kimberly Campbell
Director of Marketing and Communications
SPACEHAB, Inc.
Phone 713.558.5049
campbell@spacehab.com