Italian Esa astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and US astronaut Terry Virts have snapped images of a typhoon . They took them from the ISS while orbiting Earth at a height of 255 miles ( 410km ) Super typhoon Maysak was a top-rated category 5 typhoon , and will make landfall in the Philippines 1 April . As it moved over the Pacific Ocean , the storm generated winds of more than 140mph ( 225km/h )
Italian Esa astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and US astronaut Terry Virts have snapped images of a typhoon . They took them from the ISS while orbiting Earth at a height of 255 miles ( 410km ) Super typhoon Maysak was a top-rated category 5 typhoon , and will make landfall in the Philippines this weekend . As it moved over the Pacific Ocean , the storm generated winds of more than 140mph ( 225km/h )