HD EARTH VIEWS FROM SPACE STATION

Katia's Newest View from Space Station Cameras From 230 miles above the Earth, cameras on the International Space Station capture new views of Hurricane Katia on September 1, 2011 as it moves west across the Atlantic at 10:40 am Eastern packing winds of 75 miles an hour.

Space Station Views Tropical Storm Irene Cameras mounted on the International Space Station captured new views of Tropical Storm Irene at 2:33 pm EDT on August 28, 2011 as the storm bore down on the east coast of the United States. Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum comments on the condition of the storm as seen from space.

Soyuz Undocks from Space Station The Soyuz spacecraft that'll carry Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov, NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko back to Earth is seen as it undocks from the International Space Station on Sept. 23. The trio is completing almost six months in space.

HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Season's greetings are offered by International Space Station Commander Jeff Williams in a special video message. www.nasa.gov/station

HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Season's greetings are offered by International Space Station Commander Jeff Williams in a special video message. www.nasa.gov/station

Texas Wildfires Seen from Space Station From 230 miles overhead, International Space Station external and crew-tended cameras captured video of the wildfires burning in central Texas to the southeast of the capitol of Austin at 12:07 pm Eastern time on Sept. 6, 2011. The video was accompanied by comments on the wildfires by Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum.

Space Station Astronaut Nicole Stott Returns to Earth Astronaut Nicole Stott returned to Earth aboard shuttle Atlantis on Nov. 27 after 91 days in space. She had spent 87 days aboard the International Space Station and 80 days as an Expedition 20/21 flight engineer. She is the last astronaut who will be transported to or from the space station by a space shuttle. Atlantis landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to end its STS-129 mission to the station. For more info: www.nasa.gov/shuttle

Space Station Crew Uses HAM Radio to Call Earth Inside the International Space Station, Expedition 25 commander Doug Wheelock gave a tour of the Russian segment of the orbiting complex, including the Soyuz spacecraft docked there. Wheelock showed off the station's HAM radio, using the call sign "NA1SS," to talk with people on the ground as the station flies overhead at 17500 miles per hour. Wheelock, and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchickin all will return home to Earth this Thursday, Nov. 25.

Space Station Cameras View Hurricane Irene as it Approaches the US Cameras mounted on the International Space Station captured new views of Hurricane Irene at 2:51 pm EDT on August 26, 2011 as the storm bore down on the east coast of the United States. Accompanied by narration from Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum of NASA, the video showed the massive system moving north at 14 miles an hour packing winds of 100 miles an hour some 300 miles south-southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Irene is expected to track to the northeast along the mid-Atlantic states, the metropolitan New York-New Jersey region and New England this weekend before heading out over the north Atlantic.

Space Station Cameras View Hurricane Irene as it Approaches the US Cameras mounted on the International Space Station captured new views of Hurricane Irene at 4:27 pm EDT on August 26, 2011 as the storm bore down on the east coast of the United States. Accompanied by narration from Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum of NASA, the video showed the massive system moving north at 14 miles an hour packing winds of 100 miles an hour some 300 miles south-southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Irene is expected to track to the northeast along the mid-Atlantic states, the metropolitan New York-New Jersey region and New England this weekend before heading out over the north Atlantic.