KRIV-TV (Ch. 26, Fox Houston), Dec. 2, 2008 Hurricane Ike interrupted a long-running NASA study being carried out at UTMB on Galveston Island. Fifty days into her stint to help researchers understand the long-term effects of weightlessness, Heather Archuletta was forced out of bed, along with other test subjects, when Galveston officials called for mandatory evacuations.