NASA could be closed for more than a week

Damage assessments from Hurricane Ike at NASA's Johnson Space Center continued on Sunday, and a space agency spokesman said it could be late this week or sometime next week before the facility is ready to reopen for normal operations.

Johnson, which employees 16,500, received roof damage to the Mission Control Center, the installation that watches over the international space station and its three-man American and Russian crew.

Teams of controllers near Austin established a temporary control center before Johnson was closed on Thursday. They are working with another team of controllers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to fill in until Mission Control can reopen.