Tech Archive
29 October 2012, 12:25 PM ET
This time-lapsed full Earth view of the storm shows the early stages of formation to the full blow devastating storm it is today on October 29th, 2012. Animation from NASA GOES-13 satellite observations.
29 October 2012, 11:31 AM ET
The International Space Station has returned the latest imagery of the massive storm on October 29th, 2012.
29 October 2012, 10:06 AM ET
A depiction of the conceptual space station habitat wheel.
29 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The photos, taken by different satellites, show Hurricane Sandy on the entire disk of Earth, and a nighttime view.
28 October 2012, 03:10 AM ET
The Dragon capsule is packed with nearly 500 vials of astronaut blood and urine, for science of course.
26 October 2012, 12:48 PM ET
MIT graduate student Sung Wook Paek thinks he can alter the collision course of an incoming asteroid by splattering it with brightly colored paint. The Sun's photons, bouncing off the now reflective surface will, slowly change the trajectory.
26 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The storm, which was first observed in December 2010, was even more powerful than researchers had thought.
26 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The galaxy's core may have been puffed up by a black hole merger, scientists say.
25 October 2012, 11:08 AM ET
The X-51A Waverider is designed to fly at speeds over Mach 5, five times the speed of sound.
24 October 2012, 01:22 PM ET
A stone thought to be a meteorite deposited by an Oct. 17 fireball is just a rock, scientists say.
24 October 2012, 01:01 PM ET
A pervasive radiation throughout the sky has befuddled scientists.
24 October 2012, 10:48 AM ET
In this space wallpaper, members of the media photograph the Soyuz rocket as it launches with Expedition 33/34 crew members on Oct. 23, 2012.
23 October 2012, 12:32 PM ET
Employees witness the unexpected shut down of the Plum Brook reactor.
23 October 2012, 10:03 AM ET
Three new crew members are on their way to join their Expedition 33 crewmates onboard the International Space Station. They launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft at 6:51 a.m. EDT (5:51 p.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
23 October 2012, 07:17 AM ET
See photos of the latest 3-person crew going to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch Oct. 23, 2012.
22 October 2012, 02:50 PM ET
See tantalizing spaceship photos from the secretive commercial space company Blue Origins.
22 October 2012, 09:40 AM ET
See photos of a dazzling fireball over Northern California on Oct. 17, 2012.
20 October 2012, 12:54 AM ET
The new meteor shower is caused by the comet 209P/LINEAR, scientists say.
19 October 2012, 06:19 PM ET
A spectacular solar prominence larger than the Earth erupted from the sun on Friday (Oct. 19).
19 October 2012, 06:06 PM ET
Hurricane Rafael is officially no more.
17 October 2012, 04:58 PM ET
Images of the largest planet suggest it has undergone some big changes in recent years.
17 October 2012, 03:20 PM ET
Shuttle Endeavour wowed millions of spectators during its three-day Los Angeles odyssey.
17 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
A NASA spacecraft has spied a cracked mound that resembles a hot cross bun on Saturn's moon Titan.
16 October 2012, 08:19 PM ET
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting one of the nearest stars to our sun: Alpha Centauri B.
16 October 2012, 06:47 PM ET
Scientists have discovered a roughly Earth-size planet in Alpha Centauri, at 4.3 light-years away the closest star system beyond the sun. Should we send a probe there?
