William Atkins
Monday, 15 September 2008 19:22
Science -
Space
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As of Monday, September 15, 2008, the Johnson Space Center (JSC), just south of Houston, Texas, will likely remain closed the entire week as personnel carry out recovery operations from Hurricane Ike in order to return the space center to normal space shuttle and space station support operations.
During this time, recovery operations will be in force as a small team of personnel scramble to clean up the damage so normal shuttle and station operations can return to the NASA facility outside of Houston, Texas.
A 65-member team, composed of NASA and contractor personnel, stayed at the NASA facility throughout Hurricane Ike.
The Johnson Space Center is located between Galveston and Houston.
Officially called the
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, it is located at 1601 NASA Road 1 in Clear Lake City, a few miles east of Interstate 45, and approximately 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Houston and 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Galveston.
JSC is also about three miles (five kilometers) from Galveston Bay.
After the winds from Ike died down sufficiently to conduct a recovery operation, the small team began to access the damage caused by the storm.
They are currently cleaning up debris, restoring power, and returning the NASA space center to normal operations.
The Mission Control Center sustained damaged from the hurricane. Please read on for additional details.
