Astronauts take care from X class flare

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Astronauts take care from X class flare

Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:46:33 AM #29996 Perm Link

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061213_solar_storm.html

There is a huge solar flare coming that will spawn auroras and such. The people in space are taking cover.

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"We're looking for very strong, severe geomagnetic storming" to begin probably around mid-day Thursday, Joe Kunches, Lead Forecaster at the NOAA Space Environment Center, told SPACE.com this afternoon.

The storm is expected to generate aurora or Northern Lights, as far south as the northern United States Thursday night. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are not expected to be put at additional risk, Kunches said.

Radio communications, satellites and power grids could face potential interruptions or damage, however.

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