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NASA Facilities Weather Hurricane Rita
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 27, 2005 The three NASA facilities that were in the path of Hurricane Rita are now making damage assessments and cleaning up. NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi sustained minor or no storm damage. Johnson reopens to all employees Tuesday. Mission Control Center in Houston reestablished communications with the international space station today, as well. Full handover of operational control and support duties for the space station from flight controllers in Russian mission control takes place early Tuesday morning. Control of the station was transferred to Russian mission control Wednesday when Johnson was evacuated and before Rita made landfall. Johnson employees are being asked to check a recorded message at: 281/483-3351 or 877/283-1947 for information on when the center will reopen. They also are urged to check in by calling: 877/470-5240. The Michoud Assembly Facility reopened today for limited work. Emergency operations personnel spent Sunday picking up debris and inspecting for damage. The facility, which makes space shuttle external fuel tanks, evacuated about 100 employees last Thursday ahead of Rita. About 40 �ride-out" personnel stayed a Michoud during the storm. About 40 miles east of Michoud, NASA's Stennis Space Center, where space shuttle main engines are tested, sustained no storm damage. NASA has a public Web site for important information for NASA employees and contractors impacted by Rita and Katrina at: http://www.nasa.gov/eoc Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
NASA Refines Design For Crew Exploration Vehicle
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2006NASA's Constellation Program is making progress toward selecting a prime contractor to design, develop and build the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), America's first new human spacecraft in 30 years. |
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