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Jan. 26, 2012 – 1^st Detect Announces the Delivery of Pre-Production Mini-Mass Spectrometers to Select Customers

1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC), is pleased to announce the delivery of the pre-production mini-mass spectrometers to select customers for evaluation.
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Aug. 8, 2011 – 1^st Detect Awarded U.S. Patent for Chemical Detection Technology

1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC), announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a key patent for the company's unique method to drive a mass spectrometer ion trap used for chemical detection and identification.
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Sept. 14, 2010 – 1^st Detect Awarded $735,000 Phase II SBIR Contract from The Joint Science & Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense

1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC), announced today that the Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (Ft. Belvoir, VA), in conjunction with U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground (Dugway, UT) has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to the Company to design and develop a novel sample inlet system intended to significantly improve the sensitivity of mass spectrometers used for chemical detection in the field. This contract follows 1^st Detect's successful execution of a Phase I SBIR that was awarded in May 2009.
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March 10, 2010 – 1^st Detect Receives $1.8 Million Investment for Commercialization of Chemical Detector

1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC), announced today it is the recipient of a Phase I award from the U.S. Army's Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The award will go to the development of a novel sample inlet system to significantly improve the sensitivity of mass spectrometers.1^st Detect Corporation announced today it is the recipient of a $1.8 million investment from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF). The investment will go toward commercialization of 1^st Detect's portable mass spectrometer, used to detect residues and vapors from a wide range of chemicals, including explosives, chemical warfare agents, toxic chemicals, and volatile organic compounds.
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May 28, 2009 – 1^st Detect awarded SBIR from the defense threat reduction agency

1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC), announced today it is the recipient of a Phase I award from the U.S. Army's Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The award will go to the development of a novel sample inlet system to significantly improve the sensitivity of mass spectrometers.
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May 20, 2009 – 1^st Detect product earns Safety Act designation from U.S. Department of Homeland Security

SPACEHAB Incorporated, (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 "1^st Detect."
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