Construction was in progress on the A-2 Test Stand before Hurricane Katrina, but it was put into a safe configuration in one working day before the storm. “We’re now in the process of getting systems back up, but there were no major casualties to the rocket engine test complexes.” Galloway said there is no indication of any damage to any SSME hardware, and that crews are proceeding to work on an SSME that is installed on the A-1 Test Stand. “We’re in excellent shape as far as the facility goes,” said Randy Galloway, deputy director of the SSC Propulsion Test Directorate (PTD). None of the large run tanks on the test stands were damaged, nor were the barges used to transport fuel to the test stands. Many members of the NASA/contractor teams that maintain and operate the test complexes have been working on recovery work crews, but officials anticipate they will gradually resume normal operations over the next two weeks. Commercial power was restored to most of SSC after about a week and a half. Some buildings were able to run generators for power, and the electrical generating plant at the rocket engine test complexes was able to provide power to the NASA Administration Building. 29, as Hurricane Katrina was making landfall. Most of the commercial power at SSC went off early in the morning of Aug. Parsons returns to the position he held prior to becoming Space Shuttle program manager in May 2003. Donaldson is on special assignment to FEMA to help with recovery efforts in Mississippi. 13, succeeding retired Rear Admiral Thomas Q. ![]() Parsons was named SSC center director Sept. ![]() “Our top priority is helping our employees and their families and helping facilitate the massive relief effort being staged by Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense, and other agencies from Stennis Space Center,” said SSC Center Director Bill Parsons, who is leading NASA’s hurricane recovery efforts. SSC is open and operating at a modified level of business. There was no significant damage to any of the stands where SSC has tested and proven flight-worthy all Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) since 1975. Caring for people continues to be the focus of NASA’s Stennis Space Center (SSC) in response to Hurricane Katrina, more than three weeks after the storm devastated the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coast.
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