The spacecraft blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard an Atlas V rocket earlier today.
The space agencies are working on a series of missions designed to return samples of Martian soil back to Earth.
NASA has revealed that its ambitious Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway will launch as early as 2022.
The space agency will be revealing new details of its 'Kilopower' system at the beginning of next month.
Several parts of NASA's deep-space Orion capsule will be created through the use of 3D printing technology.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is due to lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday.
Audio clips of astronauts talking about their experiences with UFOs have been analyzed for truthfulness.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the light from a very bright star over 9.3 billion lights years away.
A new paper has put forward the suggestion that the clouds of Venus could be a habitat for microbial life.
NASA's flagship rover has now been trundling across the surface of the Red Planet for more than five years.
NASA scientists are considering whether or not to send their lightweight robotic helicopter drone to Mars.
NASA is working with US nuclear authorities to develop a spacecraft that can nuke dangerous space rocks.
NASA's Juno probe has been revealing more about Jupiter's internal structure than ever before.
New footage has been released showing the Space Launch System engine reaching 113 percent thrust level.
A new image of the long-dead Phoenix lander on Mars has shown that it has become coated in a layer of dust.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe has captured a stunning new image of the Earth against the blackness of space.
The US government is funding a new experimental aircraft known as the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator.
NASA's New Horizons probe has made history again by capturing images 3.79 billion miles from the Earth.
100 million-year-old dinosaur and mammal tracks have been found at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA is considering a mission to Saturn's moon Titan that would use a drone to scout across large areas.