How NASA kept the ISS flying while Harvey hit Mission Control

How NASA kept the ISS flying while Harvey hit Mission Control

Loren Grush for The Verge:

In the days before Harvey hit Texas, flight controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center outside of Houston had a decision to make: should they evacuate or ride out the storm at the agency’s Mission Control Center? The dilemma wasn’t just about the safety of the flight controllers. These personnel are tasked with flying the International Space Station — a round-the-clock job that can’t be done just anywhere. If there’s a gap in ground communication, it could put the astronauts in danger.

Cots, hiking backpacks, and twelve hour shifts, just to keep the International Space Station functioning normally as the waters flooded Houston.