SPACEHAB Product Earns SAFETY Act Designation from U.S. Department of Homeland Security

HOUSTON--(Business Wire)--
SPACEHAB Inc., (NASDAQ:SPAB) today announced its receipt of a
formal Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) Designation from
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Company's new in
house developed Miniature Mass Spectrometer (MMS) technology named
"1st Detect."

The designation was instituted by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security to encourage the development of 'promising anti-terrorism
technologies' by providing legal liability protections under the
Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of
2002, or the SAFETY Act. The designation letter that was received
April 10, 2008, states "SPACEHAB, Incorporated's Miniature Mass
Spectrometer is such a technology."

Through its new subsidiary, SPACETECH, the Company has been
developing the MMS, a trace chemical analyzer capable of detecting
residues and vapors from explosives, chemical warfare agents, and
toxic chemicals. The MMS samples ambient air and measures the
constituent chemicals using ion-trap mass spectrometry. The
technology, which also includes proprietary software used for accurate
chemical identification is being targeted for use and applications to
the homeland security, defense and industrial uses.

SPACETECH will debut its MMS product at the 56th Annual Conference
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference in Denver,
Colorado, June 2 - 5, 2008. More than 6,500 scientists from around the
world congregate at the ASMS conference every year drawing together
significant research, developments and products in the field of mass
spectrometry.

SPACETECH, a SPACEHAB wholly owned subsidiary, is an innovative
technology incubator created for leveraging and extending the
Company's relevant capabilities to develop and bring new systems,
products and services to market.

About SPACEHAB, Incorporated

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.

The statements in this document may contain forward-looking
statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements are subject to risks, trends, and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to be materially different from the
forward-looking statement. These factors include, but are not limited
to, continued government support and funding for key space programs,
product performance and market acceptance of products and services, as
well as other risk factors and business considerations described in
the company's Securities & Exchange Commission filings including the
annual report on Form 10-K. Any forward-looking statements in this
document should be evaluated in light of these important risk factors.
The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.

SPACEHAB, Inc., Houston
Corporate Marketing and Communications
Tania Shupe, 713-558-5299
tshupe@spacehab.com
www.spacehab.com

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