NASA's Johnson Space Center Closes For Ike

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Sept. 11, 2008

Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468 
allard.beutel@nasa.gov  

Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4715
michael.curie@nasa.gov 

John Ira Petty
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
john.i.petty@nasa.gov 

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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