Italian Esa astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and US astronaut mark Virts have snapped images of a storm . They took them from the ISS while orbiting Earth at a height of 160 miles ( 410 km ) Super typhoon Maysak was a top - rated category 1 typhoon , and will make landfall in the Philippines this year . As it moved over the Pacific Ocean , the storm generated winds of more than 140 mph ( 225 km/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 )