Advanced Research and Conventional Technology Utilization Spacecraft (original) (raw)

Welcome to the official home of SPACEHAB's Advanced Research and Conventional Technology Utilization Spacecraft (ARCTUS) Based on flight-proven components, ARCTUS represents the low-cost, low-risk COTS solution for cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS). Today, SPACEHAB and its ARCTUS partners are working together on the components and systems that make up this next generation commercial space service. ARCTUS is fully capable of performing ISS cargo resupply in the post space shuttle retirement timeframe (2010) as well as transporting biomedical and advanced materials to and from low Earth orbit in support of SPACEHAB's Microgravity Sciences business initiatives. Page last updated: 12.10.2007