SPACEHAB's commercialization roots are firmly
entrenched in the SPACEHAB Flight Services (SFS) business
unit. Enabling the world's pioneers to overcome the habitability
and occupational challenges of space is SFS's primary goal.
Through the provision of renowned experts, one-of-a-kind
hardware, and proven processes, SPACEHAB offers access to
the resources of space. Whether you have an experiment destined
for the microgravity environment of space or critical supplies
needed onboard the International Space Station (ISS), SFS
provides a full array of research and logistics capabilities
to fulfill your mission.
From offering a complete end-to-end
service for transporting payloads to and from orbit, to
a unique structural and analytical assessment, SFS can customize
specific services that meet your needs. SPACEHAB develops
and provides a variety of proven flight hardware including
pressurized habitation modules, unpressurized cargo carriers,
and equipment ferrying containers and retains a range of
engineering, integration, operations, and ground support
capabilities.
These
flight assets have served researchers and astronauts on eighteen
missions to date including six research missions and twelve
space station resupply missions – seven
to the Russian Mir and five to the ISS. Today, this
network of expertise and resources is benefiting ISS assembly
completion and operations activities and preparing to support
the next generation of space exploration initiatives. In
fact, SPACEHAB has an advanced programs team chartered to
investigate and develop new technologies and concepts that
support the vision of the Nation's "Moon, Mars, and
Beyond" goals. |