Dragon's-eye view: Astronaut captures amazing shots of Hurricane Milton from space

            Dragon's-eye view: Astronaut captures amazing shots of Hurricane Milton from space (photos, video)

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By Mike Wall published 19 hours ago
NASA's Matthew Dominick gave us some striking looks at the powerful storm from orbit.

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NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has given us dramatic, Dragon's-eye views of Hurricane Milton churning its way toward landfall.

Dominick posted a timelapse video on X (formerly Twitter) today, showing Hurricane Milton through the window of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, which is docked to the International Space Station (ISS).

Endeavour is flying SpaceX's Crew-8 mission for NASA; in early March, the capsule carried Dominick to the orbiting lab along with fellow NASA astronauts Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, as well as Alexander Grebenkin of Russia's space agency Roscosmos.

view through an orbiting spacecraft's window showing a large hurricane on earth below, with a white space capsule in the foreground

Zoomed-in view of Hurricane Milton, as seen by Matthew Dominick out the window of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour. (Image credit: NASA/Matthew Dominick)
Crew-8 is winding down. It was supposed to return to Earth on Monday (Oct. 7), in fact, but Hurricane Milton has delayed the homecoming. The storm is powering its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, roiling up the waters of Endeavour's planned splashdown zone.

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As a result, NASA and SpaceX have pushed Crew-8's planned undocking to Sunday (Oct. 13) at the earliest.

Related: Hurricane Milton forces NASA, SpaceX to delay Crew-8 astronauts' return to Earth

Milton is currently a Category 4 hurricane, the second-most powerful type. It's expected to make landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast, near Tampa and St. Petersburg, late Wednesday (Oct. 9) as a Category 3 storm, according to The Associated Press. Milton will then continue moving east across Florida, likely affecting the state's Atlantic coast as well.

Taken on: October 9, 2024

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