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"Houston, Station on Space to Ground."

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Welcome to Space to Ground, I'm Gary Jordan.

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This week, cameras both in the
hands of astronauts and mounted outside

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the International Space Station were
trained on Hurricane Dorian.

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The powerful storm was seen clearly from 250 miles
above the earth throughout its path this

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week, affecting the Bahamas and the
southeastern United States as it made

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its way north. Live video was captured as
the Space Station passed right overhead,

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and NASA astronauts shared photos of
their perspective of the massive hurricane.

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Views of storms from the Space
Station could provide valuable data

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about the life cycle of hurricanes.

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An uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft is set to

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undock from the International Space
Station after its short stay aboard.

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After just 11 days aboard the orbiting
laboratory

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the Soyuz MS 14 is set to undock and
return to Earth for a parachute

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assistant landing in Kazakhstan. Inside
will be Russian cargo and an

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experimental humanoid robot Skybot F-850. Watch the craft undocked from the

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station live on NASA TV. No views will be
provided for the uncrewed vehicle's landing.

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This week's question comes from Chinthi Bro, who asks about the space station's

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internet connection speed. Well it's a
lot faster now thanks to a recent upgrade.

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The space station communicates
with earth through radio frequency

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signals using a system of tracking and
data relay satellites stationed in

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geosynchronous orbit, and ground-based
antennas that are part of a space network.

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NASA recently upgraded software,
data processors, routers, data lines, and

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more to increase the data rate to 600
megabits per second, effectively double

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what was previously possible. Access to
the Internet is a small fraction of this

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capability, as its primary use is
transmitting data for operating the

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space station systems, and for collecting
valuable scientific data. Just this week

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it was used for plant growth experiments,
360-degree video, and much more.