NASA Technology Projects

Search NASA's TechPort inventory — every technology R&D project the agency has tracked, active and completed. Harvested gradually in the background (TechPort only exposes one project per API call, ~21,000 total), so the list grows over time rather than all at once.

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16,851 projects harvested so far — page 10 of 338.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Vision-Based Attitude and Formation Determination System, Phase I	Completed	—	Attitude Estimation Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Enhanced Brine Dewatering System, Phase I	Completed	—	Logistics Management	Johnson Space Center
Flow-Angle and Airspeed Sensor System (FASS) Using Flush-Mounted Hot-Films, Phase I	Completed	—	Aerodynamics	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Small Space Platform Enhanced Internet Protocol Stack Device, Phase I	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Ames Research Center
Ultraviolet Water Treatment and Biofilm Reduction Using Black Light Materials, Phase I	Completed	—	Lightweight Structural Materials	Johnson Space Center
Multidisciplinary Design Under Uncertainty for Entry Vehicles, Phase I	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Ames Research Center
Innovative Applications of DoD Propulsion Technology for Low-Cost Satellite Missions, Phase II	Completed	—	Solar Thermal Propulsion	Ames Research Center
Lunar Navigator - A Miniature, Fully Autonomous, Lunar Navigation, Surveyor, and Range Finder System, Phase I	Completed	—	State Estimation	Ames Research Center
Diamond-Based Sub Millimeter Backward Wave Oscillator, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Additive Manufactured Coronagraph Bench for Detection of Exoplanets	Completed	3	Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing	Goddard Space Flight Center
Titanium Matrix Composite Pressure Vessel, Phase II	Completed	—	Manufacturing Processes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
GPS Attitude Determination for Launch Vehicles, Phase I	Completed	—	Attitude Estimation Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Wireless Sensor Portal Technology, Phase II	Completed	—	Test Instruments and Sensors	Stennis Space Center
Modular NanoSat Launcher Design for Lowest Mission Cost, Phase I	Completed	—	Launch Vehicle Propellant	Ames Research Center
Large Format Uncooled Focal Plane Array, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Langley Research Center
Chip Integrated, Hybrid EHD/Capillary Driven Thermal Management System Project	Completed	4	Heat Rejection and Storage	Goddard Space Flight Center
Peak-Seeking Control for Trim Optimization	Completed	6	Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Space-Qualifiable Cyanate Ester Elastomer, Phase I	Completed	—	Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines	Glenn Research Center
Detection of Life Forms, Phase I	Completed	—	Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment	Ames Research Center
Electrostatic Spectrometer for Mars Rover Wheel (WES)	Completed	—	Destination Resource Exploration	Kennedy Space Center
An Advanced Cooling System for In-Situ Resource Utilization, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Emissive Ion Thruster -EMIT, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrostatic Propulsion	Glenn Research Center
Integration of HSRL Measurement Capability into the Ozone DIAL System for Deployment on the NASA DC-8	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	NASA Headquarters
Aerospace Grade Carbon Felt Preform, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	—
Feasibility of a 5mN Laser-Driven Mini-Thruster, Phase I	Completed	—	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Glenn Research Center
Advanced Flow Analyses in Complex Feed Systems, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Stennis Space Center
Improved Carbon Dioxide Reduction System, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Johnson Space Center
Spacecraft Water Regeneration by Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	Marshall Space Flight Center
Tracking Launch Vehicles in Interference and Jamming, Phase II	Completed	—	Attitude Estimation Sensors	Kennedy Space Center
Multiuser Collaboration for Planetary Mobility and Robotics, Phase I	Completed	—	Static Energy Conversion	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Laser-Induced Emissions Sensor for Soot Mass in Rocket Plumes, Phase I	Completed	—	Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions	Stennis Space Center
NavCube: A fully realized modernized GPS receiver	Completed	3	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
Advanced Electroactive Single Crystal and Polymer Actuators for Passive Optics, Phase II	Completed	—	Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems	Langley Research Center
Milliwatt Radioisotope Stirling Convertor, Phase II	Completed	—	Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation	Glenn Research Center
Course of Action Simulation, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Ames Research Center
Advanced Nongray Radiation Module in the LOCI Framework for Combustion CFD, Phase II	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Marshall Space Flight Center
Laser Materials for Remote Sensing of Ozone, Phase II	Completed	—	—	Langley Research Center
Fuel Cell/Li-ion Battery Hybrid Power System for Space Suits, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells	Johnson Space Center
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW POWER, LOW MASS, SMALL AND EASILY DEPLOYABLE PLANETARY BROADBAND MICRO-SEISMOMETER	Completed	2	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	—
Ultra-Low Noise Quad Photoreceiver for Space Based Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detection, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Ultralightweight, Regeneratively Cooled Combustion Chamber for Mars Ascent Vehicles, Phase I	Completed	—	Sustainable Manufacturing	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Atomic Layer Deposition to Enable the Production, Optimization and Protection of Spaceflight Hardware Project (ALD)	Completed	4	Special Materials	Goddard Space Flight Center
Ground Enterprise Management System, Phase II	Completed	—	Team Preparedness and Training	Ames Research Center
Detecting Fossilized Microscopic Life Forms on Mars with Dual-Energy CT, Phase I	Completed	—	Decompression Sickness Mitigation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Structural-Acoustic Simulations in Early Airframe Design, Phase I	Completed	—	Aeroelasticity	Langley Research Center
Ad-hoc Content-based Queries and Data Analysis for Virtual Observatories, Phase II	Completed	—	High-Performance Data Analytics Platform	Goddard Space Flight Center
Cryogenic Vibration Damping Mechanisms for Space Telescopes and Interferometers, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Intelligent Agents for Improved Ground-Test Operations, Phase I	Completed	—	Collaboration and Interaction	Stennis Space Center
Trajectory and Performance Models for Earth and Planetary Balloons, Phase I	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Goddard Space Flight Center
Novel Magnetically-Tuned TES For Imaging X-ray Spectroscopy Project	Completed	2	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center

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ℹ️ About this data

Sourced from NASA TechPort, NASA's public technology-project inventory. Harvested gradually into our own database — TechPort's API only returns one project's full detail per call, so ~21,000 projects take a while to cover.
TRL (Technology Readiness Level) is NASA's 1-9 scale for how mature a technology is: 1-3 is basic research/concept, 4-6 is lab/relevant-environment validation, 7-9 is flight-proven. Lower TRL generally means more room for outside research contribution; higher TRL means something closer to a finished, licensable technology.
"Active" vs "Completed" reflects TechPort's own project status, not funding availability — see the insights page for how to actually act on this.

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Returns {"rows": [...], "total", "page", "pages"}, or {"error": "..."} if temporarily unavailable. All query params are optional.