Posted: Mar 13, 2020 5:30 PM Updated: Mar 13, 2020 5:47 PM The space agency sent staff home, elevating the center to “Stage 3,” which is NASA’s label for a mandatory work-from-home order. Alabama currently has six confirmed cases of coronavirus, including one in Limestone County, the county adjacent to Marshall’s home county of Madison.
UPDATE 11 A.M. SATURDAY: Marshall Space Flight Center has confirmed the person who tested positive for COVID-19 is an MSFC employee. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - An employee at Marshall Space Flight Center has tested positive for the coronavirus, MSFC Director Jody Singer confirmed in an email late Friday night. Telework is “strongly encouraged” and travel not deemed mission-essential is limited.“While we do not have any confirmed cases of COVID-19 at any other NASA center as of today, March 14, out of an abundance of caution, all other NASA centers are transitioning to Stage 2 of our response framework,” Bridenstine said. The Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland announced March 13 it was encouraging employees to telework, and had cancelled all “all non-mission-essential visits” to its facilities. It’s unclear if the MSFC case is the same as the Limestone patient.Marshall Space Flight Center employs some 6,000 people at its facility in Redstone Arsenal.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Posted: Jul 31, 2020 6:42 PM According to the email, the facility is moving to stage 3 of emergency response framework. There are around 100 children enrolled total at the school. --- Center and agency leadership are continually monitoring the COVID-19 situation and are committed to providing guidance, assistance and support to our workforce. Access to the center is being restricted to mission-essential personnel and individuals who had contact with the patient are being identified and notified. The health and safety of our team is our top priority. Located near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the museum features exhibits including an authentic Saturn V rocket, the Apollo 16 command module and a full-sized model of a space … They were in stage 3, so only limited personnel and children were at the center on Monday, March 16th, the last day the childcare center was open.The MSFC Child Care Center is closed, and there is no date as to when it will reopen.One man was hit by a car while walking along Research Park Blvd after he wrecked his motorcycle.The humidity will really ramp up for the rest of the work week with just isolated rain chances for Wednesday, skies will be partly cloudy with the heat index close to 100 degrees. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center instituted a mandatory telework policy after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus disease COVID-19 … MSFC began mandatory telework for the majority of the workforce on Friday, March 13th. “Center directors have been in contact with their employees about this status change and steps moving forward.”“As the COVID-19 situation evolves, we’ll continue to closely monitor and coordinate with federal, state, and community officials to take any further appropriate steps to help safeguard the NASA family,” he said, urging employees that are required to go to work at centers not to do so if they feel sick, and for all to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Even before Bridenstine’s announcement other centers were following suit.