posted 08-26-2007 11:14 PM               

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The Early History of SPACEHAB
by founder Bob Citron

This photo album shows some pictures of the early history of SPACEHAB, Inc. and the early evolution of the SPACEHAB Modules that Tom Taylor and I patented in 1985. This album is dedicated to the handful of people who helped me get SPACEHAB off the ground - people who worked tirelessly for four years, from 1983 to 1987 and got the company to the point that highly experienced aerospace professionals, investors, CSP Associates, Wall Street fund managers, NASA, and major American and European aerospace companies became interested in our concept. The first SPACEHAB mission aboard the Space Shuttle was STS-57 which was launched on June 21st, 1993, exactly ten years after I founded SPACEHAB.

All of the pictures in this album, except the cover photo and the last page launch photo, were taken before I hired Dick Jacobson to run my company in April, 1987 and before Shelley Harrison joined the SPACEHAB Board of Directors in August, 1987. Shelley joined the SPACEHAB management team in August, 1993 ten years after I founded the company. Of course if it wasn't for Jake and Shelley, and a number of other dedicated professionals who joined my company later, SPACEHAB would not have survived and become the company it is today.

Bob Citron, Founder, SPACEHAB, Inc.
Seattle, Washington, July, 2007

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