Noncontrolling Interest - Change in ownership interest (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Transfers from noncontrolling interest:
Net loss attributable to Astrotech Corporation shareholders	$ 10,778	$ (4,960)
Increase in Astrotech Corporation's paid-in capital for relinquishment of subsidiary stock	0	1,086
First Detect And Astrogenetix
Transfers from noncontrolling interest:
Net loss attributable to Astrotech Corporation shareholders	0	(4,960)
Increase in Astrotech Corporation's paid-in capital for relinquishment of subsidiary stock	0	1,086
Change from net loss attributable to Astrotech Corporation shareholders and transfers from noncontrolling interest	$ 0	$ (3,874)