Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS), Caltech

More space organisations in United States

• Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) · Research Institution · Hilo

  Hawaii space research programme of UH Hilo — develops in-situ resource utilisation technologies using volcanic terrain as a planetary analog.

• SETI Institute · Research Institution · Mountain View

  US non-profit research institute near NASA Ames — studies the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe, including SETI searches.

• Space Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology (SRI) · Research Institution · Atlanta

  Georgia Tech interdisciplinary research institute launched in 2025 — connects campus and GTRI space research in spacecraft, exploration and space science.

• Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI) · Research Institution · Moffett Field

  Non-profit research institute at NASA Ames Research Park supporting Earth and space science researchers in partnership with NASA.

• Berkeley SETI Research Center (BSRC) · Research Institution · Berkeley

  UC Berkeley Astronomy Department centre searching for technosignatures from radio to optical wavelengths; hosts Breakthrough Listen science.

• Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) · Research Institution · Tucson

  NASA-funded near-Earth object survey at the University of Arizona LPL in Tucson — discovers and tracks asteroids for planetary defence.

• Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) · Research Institution · Cambridge

  Astrophysics research centre of Harvard and the Smithsonian — builds space instruments and runs the Chandra X-ray Center for NASA.

• Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville · Research Institution · Huntsville

  University of Alabama in Huntsville research centre — studies heliophysics, space plasmas and the solar wind, supporting NASA heliophysics missions.