MEIT reaches one million hours of science enabled in space

Officials at MEI Technologies, Inc. (MEIT), a woman-owned small business technology company, recently announced the achievement of a major milestone of enabling one million hours of science in space.

This accomplishment is a result of the direct work MEIT performs integrating, launching, and operating payloads for the Department of Defense Space Test Program, executed by the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Advanced Systems Directorate located at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

“From the first external payload, Materials International Space Station (ISS) Experiment (MISSE) in 2001, to the recent Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) complex payload platform currently operating on ISS, MEIT is proud of our very successful history of enabling science in space for our customers and nation’s space program,” stated MEIT CEO David Cazes.

MEIT also facilitates the conduction of science in space in other arenas including on-orbit biological research and plant growth studies for long-duration space travel, cloud computing technology to meet current and future human spaceflight missions, and astronaut health and performance.

“It’s a great achievement for our company to exceed enabling a million hours of science in space, and we cannot begin to capture benefits that the ripple effect of that science has on earth and in furthering space technologies,” stated MEIT principal owner Stephanie Murphy. 

Check out MEIT’s video showcasing space access:

Photo caption: MEIT employees earlier this year conduct pre-launch testing on the STP-H6, which flew experiments from three branches of our military at the same time. The STP-H6, currently on Station, brought MEIT’s count of hours of science enabled in space to its momentous milestone of one million hours. Photo courtesy of STP.