Peggy Whitson is back from the International Space Station after breaking a list of records, and a major solar storm delivered the biggest solar flare we’ve seen in over a decade.
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Sources:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/24/525374569/astronaut-peggy-whitson-sets-new-nasa-record-for-most-days-in-space
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_SPACE_RECORD_WHITSON?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/HWHAP/international-space-station-research
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http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/r3-x13-flare-radio-blackout-observed-7-sep-1436-utc
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news-archive
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/active-region-on-sun-continues-to-emits-solar-flares
Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-50_EVA-4_(a)_Peggy_Whitson_inside_the_Quest_airlock.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-52_Peggy_Whitson_sitting_in_front_of_the_Cupola_windows.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-50_EVA-1_(d)_Peggy_Whitson.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-51_Peggy_Whitson_and_Jack_Fischer_working_inside_the_Columbus_lab.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-51_Peggy_Whitson_with_the_Microgravity_Science_Glovebox_in_the_Destiny_lab.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12706#X8.2
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