Image above: NASA's Michoud Test Facility in New Orleans is located at right center of this image taken from the International Space Station on September 8. While the facility itself is largely dry, the adjacent neighborhoods are extensively flooded. Photo credit: NASA

Nasa astronaut captures images of Hurricane Katrina damage

NASA Television will show photographs of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath taken from the International Space Station, along with the station's latest video of Hurricane Ophelia, today at 4 p.m. EDT. The images and video will also be shown during NASA TV's Video File segments starting at 6 p.m. EDT.

Image above: This September 8 image from Station showsflooded areas (dark greenish brown) to the west and southwest of the famous French Quarter (top center). Damage to the roof of the Superdome is visible to the left of center. Photo credit: NASA

The photos of Katrina's toll on New Orleans and the surrounding area, including the Michoud Assembly Facility where the space shuttle's external fuel tanks are made, were taken last week. Astronaut John Phillips aboard the station used a digital camera to take the pictures from an altitude of 220 miles. They will be available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov/katrina

For continental North America, NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. Beginning October 1, it will be available in Alaska and Hawaii on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-7, transponder 18C, 137 degrees west longitude, 4060 MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. NASA TV's schedule and live video streaming of NASA TV are also available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Phillips are in the final month of a six-month mission on the Station. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

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