實驗室現研究項目包括世界搜尋外星人計畫Seti@Home,以及大量以空間衛星為基地的項目,包括FUSE (Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer), IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration), GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer), ISUAL (Imager for Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightning), Polar, Geotail,the Ulysses, SoHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) ,Mars Global Surveyor 等等。空間科學實驗室同時負責研發或部分研發了RHESSI (Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager), FAST (Fast Auroral SnapshoT), 以及 CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer) University Explorer。