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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Director of Shuttle Processing Michael E. Wetmore (left) greets NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe upon his arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility. O’Keefe is visiting KSC to survey the damage sustained by KSC facilities from Hurricane Frances over Labor Day weekend. Center Director Jim Kennedy (center) was also on hand to welcome O’Keefe. The Vehicle Assembly Building, Thermal Protection System Facility, and Processing Control Center all received significant damage from the storm. Additionally, the Operations and Checkout Building, Vertical Processing Facility, Hangar AE, Hangar S and Hangar AF Small Parts Facility each received substantial damage. However, well-protected and unharmed were NASA’s three Space Shuttle orbiters -- Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour - along with the Shuttle launch pads, all of the critical flight hardware for the orbiters and the International Space Station, and NASA’s Swift spacecraft that is awaiting launch in October.