3:16 am EST, November 9, 2013, Astronaut Karen Nyberg Photographs Super Typhoon Haiyan from International Space Station

Published on November 9, 2013 by Jeff Goldstein in News

Potentially the strongest hurricane every recorded by humans on planet Earth, Super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines as a Category 5 with sustained winds of 195 mph, and gusts to 235 mph. American astronaut Karen Nyberg photographed Haiyan from ISS and posted the image below on Twitter at 3:16 am EST, November 9, 2013 – 6.5 hours ago.

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M15B/14C: L-8/29/21 SpaceX-23, R-9/30/21 SpaceX-23
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M12: L - 06/29/18 SpaceX-15, R - 08/03/18 SpaceX-15
M11: L - 08/14/17 SpaceX-12, R - 09/17/17 SpaceX-12
M10: L - 06/03/17 SpaceX-11, R - 07/02/17 SpaceX-11
M9: L - 02/19/17 SpaceX-10, R - 03/19/17 SpaceX-10
M8: L - 07/18/16 SpaceX-9, R - 08/26/16 SpaceX-9
M7: L - 04/08/16 SpaceX-8, R - 05/11/16 SpaceX-8
M6: L - 01/10/15 SpaceX-5, R - 02/10/15 SpaceX-5
M5: L - 07/13/14 Orb-2, R - 10/25/14 SpaceX-4
M4: L - 01/09/14 Orb -1, R - 03/10/14 Soyuz 36S
M3b: L - 01/09/14 Orb-1, R - 03/10/14 Soyuz 36S
M3a: L - 09/18/13 Orb-D1, R - 11/10/13 Soyuz 35S
M2: L - 10/07/12 SpaceX-1, R - 11/19/12 Soyuz 31S
M1: L - 05/22/12 SpaceX-D1, R - 07/01/12 Soyuz 29S
STS-135 (Atlantis): L - 07/08/11, R - 07/21/11
STS-134 (Endeavour): L - 05/16/11, R - 06/01/11