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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 104 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
High-Speed Prediction for Real-Time Debris Risk Assessment, Phase I Completed — Event and Trend Identification Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Exoplanet Direct Imaging Completed 1 Optical Components — 2025-01-27 —
Stress-induced bandgap-shifted titania photocatalyst for hydrogen generation, Phase I Completed — Decompression Sickness Mitigation Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Distributed Leak Detection System Using Structure-Borne Noise, Phase II Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Miniaturized MEMS-Based Gas Chromatograph for High Inertial Loads Associated with Planetary Missions, Phase I Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Modeling Unsteady Cavitation Effects and Dynamic Loads in Cryogenic Systems, Phase I Completed — Cryogenic Analysis, Safety, and Properties Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Dynamic Strain and Crack Monitoring Sensor, Phase I Completed — Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
New Detector Development for X-ray Astronomy Completed 1 Detectors and Focal Planes — 2025-01-27 —
Highly Reflecting, Broadband Deformable Membrane Mirror for Wavefront Control Applications, Phase I Completed — Mirror Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Electrical Power and Heat from Crew Waste Using an Integrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Fixed-Bed Gasifier, Phase I Completed — Manufacturing Processes Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Erosion Resistant Compressor Blade Repair Technologies, Phase I Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Energy Laboratory Astrophysics using an X-Ray Microcalorimeter with an Electron Beam Ion Trap Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Airport Configuration Prediction, Phase II Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Composable Mission Framework for Rapid End-to-End Mission Design and Simulation, Phase I Completed — Mission Planning and Design Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Novel Supercomputing Approaches for High Performance Linear Algebra Using FPGAs, Phase I Completed — Aeroelasticity Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Compact 2 Micron Seed Laser, Phase I Completed — Lasers Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
SmartTopo Intelligent Real-Time Topographic Information Collection System, Phase II Completed — Knowledge and Model Building Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Distributed Command/Control Impacts on NAS Operations, Phase II Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Laser Transmitter Development for Mass Spectrometry Completed 2 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Simulation Approach to Mission Risk and Reliability Analysis, Phase I Completed — Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Straight Pore Microfilter with Efficient Regeneration, Phase I Completed — Sustainable Manufacturing Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Automated Contingency Management for Advanced Propulsion Systems, Phase I Completed — Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Aero-Acoustic-Structural Optimization Analysis and Testing, Phase I Completed — Aeroelasticity Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
On-Orbit Assembly of a Universally Interlocking Modular Spacecraft (7225-020), Phase II Completed — Microgravity Construction and Assembly Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Magnetohydrodynamic Stable Reference (MSTAR), Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
In Situ Aerosol Detector, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A Hybrid Piezoelectric/Fiber Optic System for Structural Health Monitoring, Phase II Completed — Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Neural Network Enhanced Structure Determination of Osteoporosis, Immune System, and Radiation Repair Proteins, Phase II Completed — Reliability and Sustainment Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Autonomous Utility Connector for Lunar Surface Systems, Phase I Completed — Launch Vehicle Propellant Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Self-Assembly of Nanocomposite Nonlinear Optical Materials for Photonic Devices, Phase I Completed — Special Materials Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Nano-Engineered Materials for Rapid Rechargeable Space Rated Advanced Li-Ion Batteries, Phase II Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Concept Study Report and Development Effort Proposal for "The Development of X-ray Grating Spectrometers for Future Missions" Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes — 2025-01-27 —
Ceramic Oxygen Generator for Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis Systems, Phase I Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Self-Regulating Freezable Heat Exchanger and Radiator, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Micro Resistojet for Small Satellites, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Dense Medium Plasma Water Purification Reactor (DMP WaPR), Phase I Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Aircraft Nodal Data Acquisition System (ANDAS), Phase II Completed — Tests, Tools, and Methods Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Nanostructured Material for Accurate and Fast Tracking of Cryogenic Temperatures, Phase I Completed — Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Prognostics-Enabled Power Supply for ADAPT Testbed, Phase II Completed — Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
System-Level Development of Fault-Tolerant Distributed Aero-Engine Control Architecture, Phase I Completed — Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Flight-appropriate 3D Terrain-rendering Toolkit for Synthetic Vision, Phase I Completed — Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Processes Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Lift Gas Cracker, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Low Friction Surfaces for Low Temperature Applications, Phase I Completed — Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Inverse Finite Method Investigation for Adaptive Structures (iFEM) Completed 4 Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Functionalized CNTs for Composites with Little to No Resin Completed 2 Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Autonomous Composite Fan Containment Integrity Monitoring (AUTOCONFIRM) System, Phase I Completed — Reliability and Sustainment Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
An Advanced Learning Framework for High Dimensional Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Data Completed 4 Exascale Supercomputer File System NASA Headquarters 2025-01-27 —
Reconfigurable/Reprogrammable Communication Systems, Phase I Completed — Cognitive Networking Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Superresolution Optical Microscope, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Microelectromechanical System-Based Internally Unpowered Leak-Pressure Sensor, Phase I Completed — Above-Surface Mobility Jet Propulsion Laboratory 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.