Just two weeks after Hurricane Harvey pummeled Johnson Space Center in Houston, Hurricane Irma is headed for Kennedy Space Center, which sits on an island due east of Orlando. Similar to employees at the Houston complex, which suffered "significant damage" during Harvey, a small team of NASA employees is locked down inside Kennedy Space Center as Irma hurtles toward their compound. Just last year, he was part of the ride-out team that stayed put at Kennedy while Hurricane Matthew loomed. It reportedly caused millions in damages at the space complex, but no one was harmed. It's also expected to veer toward the west coast, so the Kennedy complex, on the east coast, could avoid the full brunt of the storm.

Source: CNN September 09, 2017 21:56 UTC