Astronaut capture Hurricane Frances from space

Mike Rein

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
August 27, 2004

(Phone: 321/867-2468)



James Hartsfield

Johnson Space Center, Texas

(Phone: 281/483-5111)



PHOTO RELEASE: P12-04


ASTRONAUTS CAPTURE HURRICANE FRANCES FROM SPACE


INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - This photo of Hurricane Frances was taken by
Astronaut Mike Fincke aboard the International Space Station as he flew 230
statute miles above the storm at about 10 a.m. EDT today, Aug. 27. At the
time, Frances was located 820 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the
Atlantic Ocean, moving west-northwest at 10 miles per hour, with maximum
sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. Fincke, the NASA ISS Science Officer
and Flight Engineer, and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka are in the
fifth month of a six-month flight aboard the Station.



www.spaceflight.nasa.gov



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