NASA's Johnson Space Center Continues to Recover - Kingwood

By: Harris County Homeland Security & Emergency Management

Published: Sep 16, 2008, 3:00pm

NASA's Johnson Space Center continues to recover from Hurricane Ike. At this time, Johnson is targeting next week to reopen and return to normal operations. Recovery operations are proceeding well. Power, air conditioning and internet capability have been restored to the center. Groundskeeping and cleanup teams are cutting down damaged limbs and clearing debris from roads and sidewalks.

The International Space Station is being controlled by a team of flight controllers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

As of now, space shuttle mission STS-125 remains targeted for launch on Oct. 10.

Johnson employees are encouraged to call the JSC Emergency Information Line locally at 281-483-3351, or remotely, toll-free, at 1-877-283-1947, for updated information, including when they should return to work. Employees are asked to call the Marshall Hotline at 877-470-5240 to check-in and give their locations.

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