Cosmonauts Relocate to U.S. Lab To Shelter From Solar Storm

The English Channel separates the nighttime coasts of France and England highlighted by an aurora crowning Earth's atmosphere in this Sept. 13 photograph from a camera outside the ISS.  Credit: NASA

The English Channel separates the nighttime coasts of France and England highlighted by an aurora crowning Earth's atmosphere in this Sept. 13 photograph from a camera outside the ISS.

Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Three Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were advised to bunk down in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory for the night, which provides better protection from an unusually high radiation environment due to this week’s geomagnetic storms. “We entered into an...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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