The astronaut's year-long expedition paves the way for a future manned mission to Mars.
The space agency selected a team led by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to design a “low boom” supersonic passenger plane.
There are several theories regarding the formation of Phobos, ranging from captured asteroid to an ejected chunk of Mars.
Lessons learned from NASA astronaut Scott Kelly’s year in space will be used in the future manned mission to Mars.
NASA scientist Philip Lubin is working on perfecting laser technology that could propel a light spacecraft to Mars in as little as three days.
Reports of "recently declassified" Apollo 10 sounds were anything but, according to the space agency.
From the more than 18,300 that applied, only eight to 14 individuals will be chosen for training.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched in 2010 and has been providing daily observations ever since.
ASTRO-H successfully lifted off from the Tahegashima Space Center early Wednesday.
NASA's administrator said President Obama’s budget “keeps us on a strong and strategic course of achievable goals.”
The astronaut was one of only 12 people to have set foot on the moon.
Hackers calling themselves AnonSec are coming under more scrutiny.
The tiny European country is planning on teaming up with Google co-founder Larry Page to mine minerals in space.
NASA's Space Launch System — designed to ultimately carry humans to Mars and beyond — will ferry 13 microsatellites during its maiden mission in 2018.
McAuliffe was one of seven people who died when a technical failure caused space shuttle Challenger to explode.
The retail giant is developing a range of different drones suitable for the varying environments its customers live in.
The launch's primary mission, however, was a success, sending a $180 million U.S.-French satellite into orbit.
The contracts for SpaceX and Orbital ATK were set to expire in 2016, but NASA ordered additional missions for the two companies.
NASA's Tim Kopra will join the Brit on the scheduled six-hour mission.
The ocean landing attempt will take place after the launch of NASA's Jason-3 weather satellite Sunday.
The U.S. space agency's new office will issue warnings of potential impacts with Earth.
These are likely black holes or neutron stars feeding off their dead companions.