Harvey closes JSC through Labor Day
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2017, 9:31 AM ET (1331 GMT)
Severe flooding caused by heavy rains from the former Hurricane Harvey have closed NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston through Labor Day, September 4. The center had been closed to all but essential personnel since the storm started August 27 because of unprecedented rains and major flooding in the Houston area. Mission control for the International Space Station remains in operation, and there are no issues with ongoing testing of the James Webb Space Telescope in a thermal vacuum chamber there. Center officials later said that the center should be able to open September 5, but with some "workarounds" to deal with water leaks from damaged roofs at the center.
Severe flooding caused by heavy rains from the former Hurricane Harvey have closed NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston through Labor Day, September 4. The center had been closed to all but essential personnel since the storm started August 27 because of unprecedented rains and major flooding in the Houston area. Mission control for the International Space Station remains in operation, and there are no issues with ongoing testing of the James Webb Space Telescope in a thermal vacuum chamber there. Center officials later said that the center should be able to open September 5, but with some "workarounds" to deal with water leaks from damaged roofs at the center.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Thursday, June 11
Boosting European leadership in in-space operations and services
ESA — 6:40 am ET (1040 GMT) Estonian municipalities test Starlink to bolster crisis readiness
ERR — 6:39 am ET (1039 GMT) Starlink mission set to go Thursday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base
Lompoc Record — 6:37 am ET (1037 GMT) Rural Americans flocked to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Now some feel trapped.
Washington Post — 6:36 am ET (1036 GMT) India’s satellite broadband crackdown: Three operators, one bottleneck, no launch date
Communications Today — 6:35 am ET (1035 GMT) |
