Borderline Cat 5 Hurricane Joaquin Spied from International Space Station

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Cat 4 Hurricane Joaquin captured on Oct. 2, 2015 by NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly

As the powerful category 4 Hurricane Joaquin was pounding the Bahamas and packing winds of over 130 mph, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured a stunning photo of Joaquin on Friday morning, Oct. 2 from his perch aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As of today, Oct. 3. Joaquin has gained strength and is a borderline Cat 5 storm!

Coincidentally, Kelly snapped the photo within hours of the milestone 100th straight successful rocket launch by United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Oct. 2, of the firms Atlas V rocket carrying Mexico’s next generation Morelos-3 communications satellite from Florida to orbit. (…)
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Post tags: 1 Year ISS mission, 100 ULA launches, Earth Observation, extreme weather, GOES West, Hurricane Joaquin, ISS, mikhail kornienko, Morelos-3, NASA, NOAA, Scott Kelly, ULA

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