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Brady Helms, Wayne Kee and John Cosat keep an eye on Hurricane Irma from inside the emergency operations center at the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Riding Out Irma On Florida's Space Coast — And Keeping On Eye On The Spacecraft

10:31pm September 10, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

At the Kennedy Space Center, riding out a hurricane means something a little different. You have to keep the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle capsule happy.