Space
SRI helps scientists explore our upper atmosphere and outer space. Our experienced teams work with NASA, the Department of Defense, and other government agencies to create innovative engineering and operations solutions tough enough to withstand the extreme conditions of space.
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Xona secures a $92 million funding round
Xona Space Systems, a startup that licensed SRI technology, continues to advance position, navigation, and timing capabilities through low Earth orbit satellites.
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SRI fuels Silicon Valley space innovation
A May 2025 report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute highlights SRI’s role in advancing space exploration.
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Parker Solar Probe: Our closest look at the sun
SRI imaging technology supports a record-shattering NASA mission.
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SRI board member and astronaut Ellen Ochoa: Pushing the boundaries of science
Ochoa logged nearly 1,000 hours in space, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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SRI imagers will help map the cosmos
Researchers from SRI’s Center for Advanced Imaging will help design and build the next generation of space imagers for NASA’s Ultraviolet Explorer telescope.
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Wafer-thin optical arrays could revolutionize satellite-to-satellite communication
SRI’s light emitter arrays aim to democratize optical communication among “constellations” of small satellites.
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David Keller: Developing custom imagers used for space exploration
An SRI researcher aims to advance our knowledge of the solar system.
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SRI’s imagers are headed to Jupiter on a mission that will help determine if Europa could support life
SRI has a long history of working on space-related projects, starting in the 1960s.
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SRI’s “the Dish” and its long history
The famous radio antenna has a rich legacy of communicating with spacecraft above Earth and around other planets, as well as listening to distant stars and Cold War-era atmospheric nuclear blasts.
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Clint Graumann: Using space-based LIDAR to map the Earth
The CEO and co-founder of NUVIEW is improving our ability to view the world. He’s teamed up with SRI to make that happen.
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SRI is developing breakthrough quantum technologies for ultrasensitive sensing
Navigation, medical imaging, and other areas could benefit from powerful new sensors that are based on detecting changes induced upon individual atoms.
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An SRI aerogel aims to sponge up CO2 from air and exhaust
A new sorbent could remove CO2 from ambient air better than other known materials and has the potential to lower the cost of carbon capture.