We are a leading designer of space instruments used in applications spanning space science, planetary science, spacecraft and ground-based missions. We design, fabricate, test and integrate instruments used in remote sensing, measuring plasmas, ultraviolet spectra, and other data sources applicable to space-related science and engineering.

Established in 2005, the partnership between SwRI and UTSA offers graduate research opportunities in Space Physics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. Earn a PhD or MS that lead to a fulfilling career in these exciting fields of Space Research.

We specialize in development of space electronics spanning avionics, telemetry, data storage and other applications. Our solutions include research, engineering, manufacturing, material control and more. We develop, fabricate, test and manufacture spacecraft in …

SwRI is an internationally recognized center for basic space science research and for the development of spacecraft instrumentation and avionics systems and has recently expanded its space-related activities into the area of microsatellite design, development, and fabrication.

2023年10月18日 · New images captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary, two asteroids that orbit a common center of mass. The SwRI-led mission will now fly by 11 asteroids in its 12-year mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

NASA’s Juno mission, led by SwRI, is rewriting the textbooks on the gas giant Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun. Launching in 2011, the spacecraft reached its target in 2016, jumping into Jupiter’s orbit and revealing never-before-seen data and images of the massive planet.

SwRI’s Space Directorate conducts basic observational, modeling, and theoretical research in a wide range of solar system and astrophysical topics. The Space Mission Directorate is active in the development and operation of a wide array of instrumentation and several space missions.

Since 2005, SwRI has teamed with UTSA to offer graduate research opportunities in space physics, planetary science, and astrophysics. Apply today to earn an MS or PhD that will lead to a fulfilling career in space research.

2025年3月12日 · The mission is operated from SwRI’s offices in Boulder, Colorado, and is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

PUNCH is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission to better understand how the mass and energy of the Sun’s corona become the solar wind that fills the solar system. Four suitcase-sized satellites will work together to produce images of the entire inner solar system around the …