Watch Hurricane Milton Grow: NASA Astronaut’s Stunning Space Footage Revealed

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Key Takeaways

  • NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick snapped Hurricane Milton from space before it hit Florida.
  • Dominick’s photos and time-lapse videos were taken through the window of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor.
  • NASA also shared its images of the hurricane from the ISS.

Images and time-lapse videos of Hurricane Milton were snapped from space before it hit Florida.

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared the images, which show the hurricane’s development over the days before it hit.

The first image was taken on October 8th from a timelapse video shot by Dominick through the window of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor. The caption accompanies it, “We flew over Hurrican Milton about 90 minutes ago.”

Dominick then shared the timelapse video from which the image was taken.

The next day, October 9th, Dominick shared a further timelapse video and image, with the accompanying text, “Storm looks bigger but less symmetric than yesterday.”

Dominick traveled to the ISS aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor as part of the Crew-8 mission. The mission’s return to Earth, scheduled for this week, has been delayed due to Hurricane Milton and rescheduled for October 13th at the earliest.

Hurricane Milton Delays NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission

NASA also shared images of the category 5 storm, taken on October 8th, on the official ISS X account.

The Europa Clipper mission, scheduled for launch on October 10th from the Kennedy Space Center, has been delayed due to the rescheduled weather. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center confirmed on its website and X account yesterday that it is entering HURCON I ahead of the hurricane’s arrival and that it is closed to all except essential personnel.

In an update on October 8th, NASA wrote,

“Hurricane-force winds are expected to arrive early Thursday morning. Rain totals of 8-12 inches are expected through Saturday.”

Hurricane Milton has so far knocked out power for over three million people in the state, with wind gusts of 100mph recorded near Tampa. The roof has also been ripped off St Petersburg’s Tropicana Field ballpark, designated as a shelter for first responders.