A fire that ignited on Monday at a pipeline east of downtown Houston is big enough for astronauts to view from space. As the fire near Deer Park and La Porte continued to burn Tuesday morning, NASA astronaut Don Pettit was able to capture a photo of the flames from a vantage point 250 miles above Earth from aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Flames from the Deer Park pipeline fire are so significant that they can be seen from outer space. The fire was still raging the day after an SUV crashed into an above-ground pipeline valve Monday. NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted a photo Tuesday of the Deer Park pipeline fire from the International Space Station.

ISS astronaut Don Pettit shared a photo from space of the large fire that's been burning southeast of Houston since Monday morning.

NASA is weeks away from sending its Clipper orbiter on a journey to the Jupiter moon Europa, which scientists believe could harbor conditions for life.

A NASA mission launching in October will send cameras and other scientific equipment to see, among other things, whether Jupiter's moon Europa could sustain life.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket will launch from the Kennedy Space Center with the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission. The NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft plans to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa for signs of life.