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09/18/08: Hurricane Ike: Johnson Space Center to Reopen on Monday.
NASA'S Johnson Space Center in Houston is scheduled to
reopen on Monday, September 22, ending its closure related to Hurricane Ike.
Johnson shut down on September 11, as Ike approached the Texas coast.
International Space Station flight control is scheduled to resume from
Mission Control in Houston during the morning of Friday, September 19.
Station flight control was transferred to a backup facility near
Austin, Texas, and later, to another facility at the Marshall Space
Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Mission Control Center and other key Johnson facilities are
largely unscathed, partly because of extensive preparations and the
work of a hurricane rideout team of more than 60 people. However,
some center buildings suffered roof, window and facade damage.
Several light poles were downed, as were a number of trees. The
damage assessment and cleanup continues.
Johnson employees should check the center's Employee Information Line
for status updates at 281-483-3351, and are encouraged to contact
their supervisors if they have not already done so. NASA has a public
Web site to distribute important information for NASA employees and
contractors impacted by Hurricane Ike at: http://www.nasa.gov/eoc
Ike caused roof leaks, some damage to buildings and downed trees at Johnson Space Center. This damage, since repaired, occurred to a wall of the lobby of the center's Teague Auditorium. Credit: NASA
Preparations like prestorm covering of electronic equipment and mitigation after Ike's passage were vital in prevention of major damage at Johnson Space Center. Here workers are in the center's Mission Evaluation Room after the storm. Credit: NASA.
- courtesy of Michael Curie, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC; John Ira Petty, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tx.
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