What damage did the NASA Johnson Space Center receive from Hurricane Ike?
The center is closed while workers assess damage, restore power and internet, and clean up debris. It should reopen by September 22. There was some roof damage to the Mission Control Center (MCC) but no equipment was damaged. Control operations for the International Space Station have been moved to Austin, Texas, and Huntsville, Alabama. It is possible that Space Shuttle flights scheduled for the rest of 2008 could be delayed. The article below contains more detail. NASA’s Johnson Space Center remains closed from Ike by William Atkins Tuesday, 16 September 2008 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
