"There is an important market in Europe and Asia," says NanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber. "We're setting up with our friends at ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space to grow the relationship of our Companies and to remain the leader in commercial space station utilization globally. NanoRacks looks forward to leveraging the expertise of ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space to continue the exponential growth of the commercial ecosystem in low-Earth orbit." "We are very proud to cooperate with NanoRacks in the context of International Space Station opportunities," said Walter Cugno, Vice President, Exploration and Science at Thales Alenia Space. "Thales Alenia Space will bring to this program over 40 years of experience in the design and production of high-technology solutions and will continue with NanoRacks to provide these capabilities for future business opportunities in new markets".