Hurricane Matthew damages roofs at NASA’s launch centerHurricane Matthew lashed NASA’s rocket launch facility at Cape Canaveral on Friday, causing power outages and damaging roofs as heavy winds battered the Florida coast, the US space agency said. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida (AFP Photo/NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis) / MB.COM.PH“While there is damage to numerous facilities at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), it consists largely of roof damage, window damage, water intrusion, damage to modular buildings and to building siding,” NASA’s Sarah Loff wrote on the space agency website. By 9:45 am (1345 GMT), the worst of the storm had passed offshore from Cape Canaveral, NASA said. Most employees were evacuated, but a skeleton crew of 116 people rode out the hurricane at Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX said it was “closely monitoring the weather conditions and working with our partners at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to safeguard facilities and personnel.”

Source: Manila Bulletin October 08, 2016 02:15 UTC