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.
The behavior of a supermassive black hole could affect the evolution and formation of a galaxy.
Hubble's successor will use its 21.3-foot segmented mirror to peer deep into the universe.
The manmade junk that orbits Earth is said to pose a serious risk to spacecraft and satellites, including the International Space Station.
With the move coming after almost three decades of inactivity, the federal Energy Department hopes to scale up production to power deep-space missions.
The cause for the suspension was a leak within one of InSight's primary scientific instruments.
The extravehicular activity was necessary ahead of the arrival of the Progress spacecraft.
The space agency received $800 million more than what President Barack Obama requested.
In its massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, Congress is set to provide the space agency $750 million more than the Obama administration's request.