Los Alamos National Laboratory has designed, built and analyzed data from instrumentation for space missions both near and far for more than 60 years.
Today, the Intelligence and Space Research (ISR) Division continues the Laboratory’s legacy of helping ensure our nation’s security, discovering the processes that govern the space environments, studying the composition of planetary bodies, and capturing the most distant, most powerful cosmic explosions.
Since the launch of the first Vela satellites in 1963, we have designed, built, and operated instruments to monitor international compliance with the Limited Test Ban Treaty. Los Alamos has flown about 400 instruments comprising more than 1,400 sensors on more than 200 total launches.
Los Alamos-led instrument teams have published studies in both Science and Nature journals on
Los Alamos continues to rely on a highly innovative spiral of science, technology, and engineering.
Collaborative teams of scientists and engineers develop new methods and techniques for national security payloads, as well as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) missions such as:
ISR offers numerous onsite and remote internships every year for students from high school through post-graduate.
The Intelligence and Space Research division at Los Alamos National Laboratory employs numerous specialists in varied and multi-dimensional roles who work synergistically to support national security and science. Our teams depend on highly motivated, innovative professionals with a wide variety of experience and professional skills.
No open positions are currently available in this area but you can still keep in touch.