Hurricane Floyd gave NASA a good scare, but in the end the storm's bark was worse than its bite. The hurricane ride-out team has inspected the facilities at Kennedy Space Center and pronounced damage 'minimal.'

There was "minor" damage to facilities at Kennedy Space Center -- but no damage to spacecraft, NASA told space.com Wednesday afternoon. "Overall, we're really pleased with how this turned out," said a member of the "hurricane ride-out" team.

As Hurricane Floyd moves up and away from Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle managers are gearing up to reassess mission plans.

The space shuttles and the buildings that house them are all "fine," despite a night of strong winds from Hurricane Floyd, a NASA spokesman on the scene told space.com Wednesday morning. The team was about to check the launch pads.

Cape Canaveral seems to have escaped the worst effects of Hurricane Floyd, sparing the billions of dollars of spacecraft housed at the Kennedy Space Center.

If Hurricane Floyd does its worst, NASA's budget woes may increase, according to a NASA spokesman.

The "hurricane ride-out team" at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is reducing its numbers but will remain on site as Hurricane Floyd sweeps in. The storm's winds will push the Center's facilities to their limit -- and possibly beyond.

A "hurricane ride-out team" of about 120 people remains in place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center as Hurricane Floyd approaches the southeastern United States. Officials will decide shortly whether the team should stay.

About 16,000 employees evacuated the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) by 4:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday as Hurricane Floyd continued to press toward the east coast of Florida.

Even if Hurricane Floyd passes offshore Cape Canaveral as predicted, NASA said late Monday the safety of the Space Shuttle fleet may be in jeopardy. Some buildings at the Kennedy Space Center are not designed to withstand the winds forecast to affect the area even if Hurricane Floyd doesn't make landfall nearby.

Two more problems have forced an additional delay for the Monday morning launch of a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

All personnel are evacuating the Cape Canaveral Air Station as Hurricane Floyd bears down on Florida's Atlantic coast. An Air Force sergeant described himself as "one of the last people out."

Cape Canaveral Air Station and Kennedy Space Center stepped up efforts to secure their facilities -- including four rockets standing on launch pads -- against Hurricane Floyd's possible arrival.

The nation's space shuttle fleet and the International Space Station are at risk from Hurricane Floyd, which is approaching Florida with winds strong enough to destroy the buildings housing the spacecraft.

With one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record aimed straight at Cape Canaveral, die-hard film fans may be feeling a sense of having seen it all before.