NASA is shutting down on its 55th anniversary 1

NASA is marking its 55th anniversary today by shutting down its activities. There’s no word yet on when the deadlock in Congress will be resolved.    Image © NASA

The last two shutdowns in 1995 and 1996 (which began in the middle of the STS-74 shuttle mission to Mir) lasted several weeks.



According to reports around 97% of NASA’s 18,000 employees are off the job.

NASA’s website is being pulled offline. NASA Television has also ceased broadcasting.

Google Plus, Twitter, Facebook and more social media accounts are going dark.

NASA is shutting down on its 55th anniversary (2)



NASA is shutting down on its 55th anniversary (1)

 

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