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ISS captures view of Hurricane Irma from space

By Ginger Whitaker
The ISS captured Hurricane Irma via its external cameras on Sept. 5, 2017. (Screenshot via Twitter/@Space_Station)

WASHINGTON – NASA has shared video of Hurricane Irma as seen from the International Space Station.

The video, captured by external cameras on the ISS, shows the Category 5 storm as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The video shows Hurricane Irma from varying angles.

WTOP photo tour: Historic nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir to be dismantled

By Neal Augenstein
The red button was always there — just in case. Most people never knew the United States' first nuclear power reactor to provide sustained electricity to a commercial power grid was — and is — on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, the U.S. Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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