NASA'S Johnson Space Center Closes For Ike
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- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:17:36 -0700 (PDT)
Sept. 11, 2008
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4715
michael.curie@xxxxxxxx
John Ira Petty
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
john.i.petty@xxxxxxxx
RELEASE: 08-230
NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER CLOSES FOR IKE
HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center will close at noon CDT
Thursday
and remain closed until the threat of Hurricane Ike has passed. Ike,
a category 2 hurricane in the western Gulf of Mexico, is expected to
cross the Texas coast early Saturday as a category 3 storm.
The International Space Station Flight Control Room at Mission
Control
in Houston was shut down Thursday morning. Station flight control
continued through backup teams located near Austin, Texas and
Huntsville, Ala.
Most NASA aircraft at Ellington Field, located just north of Johnson,
have been flown to a facility in El Paso, Texas. That includes 19 of
26 T-38s, a WB-57 and three of four shuttle training aircraft. Nine
other aircraft are undergoing maintenance and have been secured in
hangars at Ellington.
Johnson employees and journalists should call the Employee
Information
Line for updated news on the center's status. The local telephone
number is 281-483-3351. If local communications are disrupted,
employees can call a toll-free information line at 877-283-1947.
NASA has a Web site to convey important information to NASA employees
and contractors impacted by Hurricane Ike at:
http://www.nasa.gov/eoc
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