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Flood At NASA's Kennedy Space Center: Endeavour Launch Unaffected

by Yuliya Talmazan | January 29, 2010 at 12:38 pm

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NASA has been in the news a lot lately with some very bizarre headlines in 2010. First, trace amounts of cocaine were found in a restricted area of Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Than, shuttle Discovery was put up for sale for $28 million. Now, a flooding at the Kennedy Space Center is bringing the focus on NASA again. It was reported earlier today that a busted fire suppression system pipe has flooded the firing rooms and a stairwell close to the launch control center during a routine test on Thursday night. NASA is saying the flooding will not affect the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, which is is set for February 7, 2010.

NASA said the pipe burst Thursday night in the Launch Control Center and a portion of the Vehicle Assembly Building.

An estimated 60,000 gallons of water flooded carpets and tiles, and some control consoles in Firing Rooms 3 and 4.

The clean-up is currently underway at NASA. The launch control equipment is being accessed for damages.

NASA has not made a comment on the situation on their website or Twitter stream yet.