Spacehab Inc., a provider of commercial space services, announced that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary was awarded a new contract by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to provide payload-processing services

Under the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, valued at up to $4.9 million, Astrotech will provide spacecraft processing services at its facilities in Titusville, Fla., in support of several NASA spacecraft anticipated for launch in 2006. Currently under contract are the Stereo observatory and the Dawn mission. Also expected to be included in this contract is processing support to NASA’s Themis spacecraft.