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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.

What's active and early-stage — where getting involved could matter →

21,172 projects harvested so far — page 101 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Novel Foul-Resistant Nano-Pervaporation Membrane for Medical Grade Water Generation, Phase I Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Nanocomposite for Radiation Shielding, Phase I Completed — Protection Systems Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Radiometer For Cloud Liquid Water and Aircraft Icing Detection, Phase II Completed — Engine Icing Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Compact Optical Carbon Dioxide Monitor for EVA, Phase II Completed 4 Pressure Garment Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
DWNT/Hydrogenated Fullerene Reinforced Polyethylene for Radiation Shielding Applications, Phase I Completed — Protection Systems Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Composite Bipolar Plate for Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell/Electrolyzer Systems, Phase I Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
A Software Framework for Coordinating Human-Robot Teams, Phase I Completed — Distributed Collaboration and Coordination Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Elastic Films for Cyrogenic Skin Friction Measurements, Phase I Completed 5 Aerodynamics Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High SBS-Threshold Er/Yb Co-Doped Phosphate Glass Fiber Amplifiers for High Power, Sub-us Pulsed, Narrow Linewidth, All Fiber-Based Laser Transmitter, Phase I Completed 4 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Low Power X-Ray Photon Resolving Imaging Array, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Airport Ground Resource Planning Tool, Phase II Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Miniature, Variable-Speed Control Moment Gyroscope, Phase I Completed 3 Attitude Estimation Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Solid Oxide Electrolysis for Oxygen Production in an ARS, Phase I Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Hydrogen Plasma Reduction of Lunar Regolith for In-Space Fabrication, Phase I Completed — Destination Resource Exploration Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
CTE-Matched, Liquid-Cooled, High Thermal Conductivity Heat Sink, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Ultra-low Noise, High Bandwidth, 1550nm HgCdTe APD, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Fiber-Optic Instrumentation for Early Flight Fission Research, Phase II Completed — Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Light-Curing Structural Tape for In-Space Repair, Phase II Completed — Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Reconfigurable Miniature Transponder for Multimode L, S, X band Space Communication, Phase I Completed — Atmospheric Characterization and Mitigation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Superior Speech Acquisition and Robust Automatic Speech Recognition for Integrated Spacesuit Audio Systems, Phase I Completed 6 Traffic Management Concepts Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Deep UV Raman/Fluorescence (DUV-RF) Stand-Off Sensor for Lunar Science, Phase II Completed 4 Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Intermediate Temperature Fluids for Heat Pipes and Loop Heat Pipes, Phase I Completed — Heat Sources Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Flexible High-Barrier Polymers for Food Packaging, Phase I Completed — Logistics Management Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Fidelity Aerodynamic Design with Transition Prediction, Phase I Completed — Aeroelasticity Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Self-Deploying Gossamer Support Structure, Phase II Completed — Flexible Material Systems Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Control System Design for Hypersonic Vehicles, Phase I Completed 3 Hypersonic Decelerators Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Flexible, Lightweight, Low-Cost Organic Photovoltaics with Improved Efficiency, Phase II Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Safe, Non-Corrosive Dielectric Fluid for Stagnating Radiator Thermal Control System, Phase II Completed 5 Heat Rejection and Storage Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Lightweight, Composite Cryogenic Tank Structures, Phase I Completed — Launch Vehicle Propellant Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Passive Wireless Multi-Sensor Temperature and Pressure Sensing System Using Acoustic Wave Devices, Phase II Completed — Test Instruments and Sensors Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Performance Catalysts for Small Impulse Bit Thrusters, Phase II Completed — Warm Gas Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Wide Output Range Power Processing Unit for Electric Propulsion, Phase II Completed 5 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
A GIS Software Toolkit for Converting NASA HDF-EOS Data Products to GIS and Other Geospatial Formats, Phase I Completed 3 Data Acquisition Systems Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Miniature Ground Mapping LADAR, Phase I Completed — Relative Navigation Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Model Updating and Uncertainty Management for Aircraft Prognostic Systems, Phase I Completed 3 Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Safe, Non-Corrosive Dielectric Fluid for Stagnating Radiator Thermal Control System, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Innovative Swirl Injector for LOX and Hydrocarbon Propellants, Phase I Completed — Earth Storable Propellants Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Mini-Treadmill for Musculoskeletal Health, Phase I Completed — Shock and Impact Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Lightweight Thermally Stable Multi-Meter Aperture Submillimeter Reflectors, Phase I Completed — Solar Thermal Propulsion Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Graphical User Interface for High Energy Multi-Particle Transport, Phase I Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Recovery, Low Fouling Reverse Osmosis Membrane Elements for Space Wastewater Reclamation, Phase II Completed — Water Recovery and Management Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
A Simple, Small, Low Power Instrument to Measure Aircraft Icing Severity, Phase II Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Distributed Multi-agent Fault Diagnosis and Reconfiguration Control, Phase I Completed — Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Light-weight Self-correcting Inflatable/rigidizable Space Antennas, Phase I Completed — Innovative Antennas Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Reconfigurable, Cognitive Software Defined Radio, Phase II Completed — Cognitive Networking Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Mesoporous Silicon Far Infrared Filters, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Enabling Tethered Exploration on Mars, Phase I Completed — Electromagnetic Tethers Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
A Far-Infrared Heterodyne Array Receiver for CII and OI Mapping Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves — 2025-01-27 —
Data Acquisition in Noisy Environments, Phase I Completed — Advanced Commercial-off-the-Shelf Technologies Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Lidar Orbital Angular Momentum Sensor (LOAMS) Completed 3 Lasers NASA Headquarters 2025-01-27 —
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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.
  • Contribution potential is our estimate, not NASA data: an Active project at a low TRL has more room for outside research involvement than a flight-proven one. High = Active + TRL 1-3, Medium = Active + TRL 4-6, Low = Active + TRL 7-9. "Active" does not mean NASA is seeking external contributors or that funding exists — treat this purely as a shortlisting aid.
  • Last updated is TechPort's own lastUpdated date for the project. "Recently harvested" instead sorts by when we pulled the record into our database, which clusters within the initial harvest window and is far less meaningful — prefer "Recently updated (NASA)".
💻 Show API usage example (cURL)
curl -sS "https://devops.majbase.com/nasa-tech-projects/api?q=laser&status=Active&sort=trl&page=1"

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