New Views of Hurricane Milton - October 8, 2024 | International Space Station

New Views of Hurricane Milton - October 8, 2024 | International Space Station

External cameras on the International Space Station captured new views of category 4 Hurricane Milton at 9:37 a.m. EDT October 8, 2024, as it churned across the Gulf of Mexico, headed for an expected landfall around Tampa, Florida in the early morning hours Oct. 10. As of 8 a.m. EDT on Oct. 8, Milton was packing winds of 145 miles an hours and strengthening as it moved in an east-northeast direction toward the west coast of Florida. 

For updates, visit the National Hurricane Center (USA):

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Expedition 72 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Matthew Dominick, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Oct. 8, 2024

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