September 1, 2005

Allard Beutel/Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-4769/3749)

June Malone
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 256/544-0034) 

RELEASE: 05-245

NASA HOTLINES PROVIDE INFO ABOUT HURRICANE-DAMAGED FACILITIES

NASA has designated a telephone number (256/544-4700) for family 
members seeking information about people who may have sought shelter 
from Hurricane Katrina at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi 
and Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. Support personnel at 
that number will also assist people trying to locate employees who 
work at either facility. 

NASA established a toll-free number (888/362-4323) for recorded 
updates about general conditions at Stennis and Michoud. 

NASA's Space Shuttle Program Manager Bill Parsons was named the senior 
agency official in charge of the hurricane recovery effort. His 
deputy, Wayne Hale, has been named the acting Space Shuttle Program 
manager.

Stennis Space Center: 

A nearby runway is clear and receiving aircraft, including a NASA 
plane delivering satellite phones to the center

40 portable generators are functioning on-site. NASA centers will send 
more generators to provide supplemental power 

Approximately 1,000 to 1,500 people, including NASA employees, 
contractors and the public are at the center. There were 
approximately 4,000 people at the center Monday night after the storm 
hit 

Since Stennis is serving as an emergency safe haven, NASA is 
coordinating with relief agencies, like the American Red Cross, to 
help support members of the public seeking refuge there

NASA is preparing key personnel from other agency centers to assist in 
Stennis/Michoud recovery efforts; they will deploy, as required 

A doctor and a nurse arrived to Stennis today with additional medical 
supplies 
o Doctors and nurses from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and 
Johnson Space Center, Houston, are on 24 hour standby to help support 
Stennis
o Two telemedicine unit vans will be sent to Stennis tomorrow. The 
vans will provide video links and also have Ham radios. 
Potable water supply is fine

Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., is delivering 100 blue 
rain protection tarps 

No NASA employee or contractor injuries have been reported

Early estimates indicate many homes of Stennis employees have been 
damaged or destroyed

Michoud Assembly Facility:

Some telephones are working 

Various NASA centers will rotate support personnel into Michoud. They 
are bringing food and other supplies 

The only way to access the facility is by helicopter or boat since the 
surrounding roadways are flooded or damaged 

It appears space flight hardware was not damaged

NASA will provide information as it becomes available. For updates, 
visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane 

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/home 

	
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