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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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 103 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
A Wide-band, Ka-band Amplifier and Radar System for Precipitation Retrievals, Phase I	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
In Situ Elemental Microanalysis: Beam-Size Characterization Via Resist	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
New FY17 Virtual Flight Instrument Model	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
Heat Pipe Heat Exchangers with Double Isolation Layers for Prevention of Interpath Leakage, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Johnson Space Center
Real-Time Range Sensing Video Camera for Human/Robot Interfacing, Phase I	Completed	—	Relative Navigation Sensors	Johnson Space Center
Cryogenic Rotary Piezoelectric Motor, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrical Machines	Goddard Space Flight Center
Fluid Dynamics with Cryogenic Fluid Transfer in Space	Completed	6	In-Space Propellant Storage and Use	Kennedy Space Center
Revolutionary Performance For Ultra Low Reynolds Number Vehicles, Phase I	Completed	—	Operational Trust Building	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Reflight of the Strastospheric TeraHertz Observatory: (STO-2) ASU Co-I	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	—
Novel Isotopic Gas Analyzer for Plant Health Monitoring, Phase I	Completed	—	Reliability and Sustainment	Kennedy Space Center
Solid-State Ceramic Laser Material for Remote Sensing of Ozone Using Nd:Yttria, Phase II	Completed	—	Lasers	Langley Research Center
A Long-Duration Commercial Microgravity Mouse Habitat: Waste/Odor Technologies, Phase I	Completed	—	Measurement and Control	Marshall Space Flight Center
10-100 Gbps Offload NIC for WAN, NLR, Grid Computing, Phase I	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Programmable Relaxor Open-Loop Mirrors Using Imaging Spatial Encoder (PROMISE), Phase I	Completed	—	Mirror Systems	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Transpiration Cooled Thrust Chamber Technology, Phase I	Completed	—	Cryogenic Propulsion	Johnson Space Center
High Temperature Structures With Inherent Protection, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Systems	Langley Research Center
Single Molecule Instrument for Surface Enhanced Raman Optical Activity of Biomolecules, Phase II	Completed	—	Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment	Ames Research Center
High Efficiency Lighting with Integrated Adaptive Control (HELIAC), Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Kennedy Space Center
Generic ISIS Transport Module, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
Technologies for Momentum-Exchange/Electrodynamic-Reboost Tether Facilities, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Marshall Space Flight Center
Multi-Use Solar Thermal System for Oxygen Production from Lunar Regolith [7227-060], Phase I	Completed	—	Ground Analogs for Space and Surface Systems	Johnson Space Center
Extremely Lightweight Segmented Membrane Optical Shell Fabrication Technology for Future IR to Optical Telescope, Phase I	Completed	—	Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes	Marshall Space Flight Center
Ultra-dense Multistage Thin Film Thermoelectric Cooler enabled by Massive Filo-Layer Technology (MFT), Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In-situ Production of Hydrogen for Buoyancy on Titan, Phase I	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Thermal Management of Superconducting Electromagnets in VASIMR Thrusters, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Johnson Space Center
Plasmon-Enhanced Photonic Crystal Negative Index Materials for Superlensing Applications, Phase I	Completed	—	Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Accurate atomic data for analyzing high-resolution X-ray absorption spectra	Completed	—	Science Modeling	—
Development of a Direct Carbon Fuel Cell for Power and Fuels Cogeneration Directly from Plastic Trash, Phase I	Completed	—	V&V of Software systems	Glenn Research Center
High specific-strength C-Zr(O)C / C-ablator TPS for CEV, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	Ames Research Center
Electronic Procedures for Medical Operations, Phase I	Completed	—	Architecture and Design of Software systems	Johnson Space Center
Calibration of 3D Woven Preform Design Code for CMC Materials, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	Langley Research Center
Physics Mining of Multi-source Data Sets, Phase I	Completed	—	Optimetrics	Goddard Space Flight Center
Nitrous Oxide Fuel Blend-Continuous Operation Lunar Thruster (NOFB-COLT), Phase I	Completed	—	Hybrids	Johnson Space Center
Integrated High-Speed Digital Optical True-Time-Delay Modules for Synthetic Aperture Radars, Phase I	Completed	—	Lasers	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Advanced, Long-Life Cryocooler Technology for Zero-Boil-Off Cryogen Storage, Phase II	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Ames Research Center
Aeroelastic Simulation Tool for Inflatable Ballute Aerocapture, Phase I	Completed	—	Aeroelasticity	Marshall Space Flight Center
New Chemical Kinetics Approach for DSMC Applications to Nonequilibrium Flows, Phase I	Completed	—	Aerothermodynamics	Langley Research Center
ORGANIC SOLIDS REDUCTION AND ODOR CONTROL, Phase I	Completed	—	Water Recovery and Management	Johnson Space Center
InN-Based Quantum Dot Solar Cells, Phase I	Completed	—	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
Inflatable Aerocapture Decelerators with Shape Morphing Trajectory Control, Phase II	Completed	—	Aerodynamic Decelerators	Marshall Space Flight Center
Advanced Structural Nanomaterials for Astronaut Radiation Protection, Phase II	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	Marshall Space Flight Center
Ultrasonic Guided Wave Simulation Toolbox for Virtual Inspection of Composites, Phase I	Completed	—	Computational Materials	Glenn Research Center
Data Intensive Scientific Computing on Petabyte Scalable Infrastructure, Phase I	Completed	6	Intelligent Data Understanding	Goddard Space Flight Center
Thin Film Flat Panel Off-Axis Solar Concentrator with Flux Distribution, Phase I	Completed	—	Innovative RF Technologies	Marshall Space Flight Center
Rad-hard Reconfigurable Bi-Directional Level Shifters Technology for Micro- and Nanosatellites, Phase I	Completed	—	Logistics Management	Goddard Space Flight Center
Niobium-Based Intermetallics for Affordable In-Space Propulsion Applications, Phase I	Completed	—	Manufacturing Processes	Johnson Space Center
Mars Aqueous Processing System, Phase II	Completed	—	Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation	Johnson Space Center
Advanced, Long-Life Cryocooler Technology for Zero-Boil-Off Cryogen Storage, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Glenn Research Center
Control Valve for Miniature Xenon Ion Thruster, Phase II	Completed	—	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars Integrated Propellant Production System, Phase II	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Kennedy Space 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.