[FPSPACE] FW: NASA's Johnson Space Center To Reopen Monday After Ike

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: KSC News Center <ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov>
>To: KSC News Center <ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov>
>Subject: NASA's Johnson Space Center To Reopen Monday After Ike
>Date: Thu Sep 18 11:30:01 EDT 2008
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>Sept. 18, 2008
>
>Allard Beutel
>Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
>321-867-2468
>allard.beutel at nasa.gov
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>Michael Curie
>Headquarters, Washington
>202-358-4715
>michael.curie at nasa.gov@nasa.gov
>
>John Ira Petty
>Johnson Space Center, Houston
>281-483-5111
>john.i.petty at nasa.gov
>
>RELEASE: 08-236
>
>NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO REOPEN MONDAY AFTER IKE
>
>HOUSTON - NASA'S Johnson Space Center in Houston is scheduled to
>reopen Monday, Sept. 22, ending its closure related to Hurricane Ike.
>Johnson shut down Sept. 11 as Ike approached the Texas coast.
>
>International Space Station flight control is scheduled to resume from
>Mission Control in Houston during the morning of Friday, Sept. 19.
>Station flight control was transferred to a backup facility near
>Austin, Texas, and later, to another facility at the Marshall Space
>Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
>
>The Mission Control Center and other key Johnson facilities are
>largely unscathed, partly because of extensive preparations and the
>work of a hurricane rideout team of more than 60 people. However,
>some center buildings suffered roof, window and facade damage.
>Several light poles were downed, as were a number of trees. The
>damage assessment and cleanup continues.
>
>Johnson employees should check the center's Employee Information Line
>for status updates at 281-483-3351, and are encouraged to contact
>their supervisors if they have not already done so. NASA has a public
>Web site to distribute important information for NASA employees and
>contractors impacted by Hurricane Ike at:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/eoc
>
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