Astrotech Corporation operates as a science and technology development and commercialization company in the United States. It operates through two segments, 1st Detect Corporation and Astral Images Corporation. The 1st Detect Corporation segment manufactures explosives and narcotics trace detectors for use at airports, secured facilities, and borders. This segment provides TRACER 1000, a mass spectrometer (MS)-based explosives trace detector (ETD) to replace the explosives and narcotics trace detectors used at airports, secured facilities, and borders.