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  1. The station checked out this week while ​ scheduled its next cargo mission to launch on Oct. 13.

    Space-to-Ground: A Churning Storm: 10/07/2016
    The station trained its cameras on Hurricane Matthew this week while Orbital ATK​ scheduled its sixth Cygnus cargo mission to launch on Oct. 13.
  2. Hurricane Matthew from the

  3. Station cameras captured new views today of massive Hurricane Matthew. Matthew was moving through the Bahamas as a Category 4 hurricane.

    Hurricane Matthew from the Space Station Oct. 6
    Matthew is is expected to strike the east coast of Florida and track up the Space Coast Oct. 7 with winds that are expected to reach a destructive 145 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
  4. Astronauts captured this incredible star trail as they orbited Earth at 17,500mph. Download in hi-res on :

  5. "Green aurora with purple highlights compliment the city lights in the Great Lakes region."

  6. The next station crew is now scheduled to launch Oct. 19.

  7. The station has been flying over all week while the crew studied life science.

    , , and 3 others
  8. ’s DNA sequencing in space opens a whole new world of scientific possibilities: .

  9. Space high five for all the & Takuya Onishi are doing during their mission!

  10. Station cameras captured new views of Hurricane Matthew today as the Category 3 storm moved to the north of Cuba.

    Hurricane Matthew from the Space Station Oct. 3
    After inflicting major damage to western Haiti and eastern Cuba, Matthew is heading toward the east coast of Florida where it could pass close to or over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
  11. NEWS: CASIS and Announce Funding Opportunity Focused on Human Physiology Research on

  12. Learn about the scheduled to launch aboard to next week:

  13. "Thunderstorms building on the surface of the planet."

  14. NOW: Listen in to learn about science launching to on Oct. 13 aboard 's spacecraft

  15. . and are partnering to share lab resources on space station with each other and other countries to better humankind.

    NASA + JAXA = Partners in Space
    NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently signed an agreement to encourage scientists from both countries to use space station hardware located in each other's laboratories.
  16. Crew members aboard the took this image last month as they passed over the .

  17. Cameras outside the space station captured views of major Hurricane Matthew as it flew 250 miles over the massive storm today.

    Hurricane Matthew from the Space Station on Oct. 4
    Matthew was moving north at about 10 miles an hour, packing winds of 145 miles an hour as it passed beyond western Haiti to the eastern coast of Cuba en route to the Bahamas.
  18. Watch Hurricane Matthew live on TV today when the station flies over the storm at 3:24pm ET and again at 5pm:

  19. NEWS: CASIS Names Dr. Randy Giles as Chief Scientist→

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