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 110 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Rugged Low Temperature Actuators for Tunable Fabry Perot Optical Filters, Phase II	Completed	—	Mirror Systems	Langley Research Center
Cryogenic Rotary Piezoelectric Motor, Phase II	Completed	—	Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Intelligent Multi-Resolution 3D Modeling, Compression, Registration, Fusion and Recognition, Phase II	Completed	—	Science Modeling	Stennis Space Center
Large-Area, Self-Sufficient, Low-Cost MEMS Skin with Integrated Wirleless Communication Capability, Phase II	Completed	—	Innovative RF Technologies	Langley Research Center
Hydrogen Recovery by ECR Plasma Pyrolysis of Methane, Phase I	Completed	—	Atmosphere Revitalization	Marshall Space Flight Center
Vortex Universal Stoichiometric Preburner (VUSP) for Liquid Rocket Engines, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Marshall Space Flight Center
Earth Virtual-Environment Immersive Scene Display System, Phase I	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Johnson Space Center
HyDE Enhancements for IVHM System Deployment, Phase I	Completed	—	Semantic Technologies	Ames Research Center
MISTI Shielding and Dosimetry Experiment, Phase I	Completed	—	Protection Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Cumulative Metamodeling with Uncertainty Estimation: a New Approach to Optimization of Highly Integrated Flight Vehicles, Phase I	Completed	—	Strategic Management of Air Vehicles	Ames Research Center
An Instrument for Detecting Protein Expression Under Radiation and Microgravity, Phase I	Completed	—	Above-Surface Mobility	Ames Research Center
Improved High Efficiency MCPs for Detection of Photons and Large Biomolecules, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Compact, Dual Channel, Mid-IR Laser Spectrometer, Phase II	Completed	—	Lasers	Ames Research Center
Advanced Pumps and Cold Plates for Two-Phase Cooling Loops, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Acquisition	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hybrid Ocean Wind Sensor (HOWS), Phase I	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
Airport Surface Automation in the Absence of Surface Surveillance, Phase I	Completed	—	Range Tracking, Surveillance, and Flight Safety Technologies	Ames Research Center
High Throughput Direct Detection Doppler Lidar, Phase I	Completed	—	Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing	Goddard Space Flight Center
Lightweight High Temperature Non-Eroding Throat Materials for Propulsion Systems, Phase II	Completed	—	Cryogenic Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
Lightweight Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells	Glenn Research Center
Generalized Reduced Order Model Generation, Phase II	Completed	—	Design and Analysis Tools and Methods	Langley Research Center
High Performance Ka-band Phase Shifters for Space Telecommunications, Phase I	Completed	—	Innovative Antennas	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rotorcraft On-Blade Pressure and Strain Measurements Using Wireless Optical Sensor System, Phase I	Completed	—	Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL	Glenn Research Center
Novel Radiation Protection System Enabled by Hydrogen Enhanced Nano Fibers, Phase I	Completed	—	Protection Systems	Ames Research Center
Algorithms and Software Architecture for the Production of Information Products From LIDAR, Phase II	Completed	—	Intelligent Data Understanding	Stennis Space Center
Autonomous Facility Health-Enabled Test Instrumentation, Phase I	Completed	—	Flight and Ground Testing Methodologies	Glenn Research Center
Adaptive Computed Tomography Imaging Spectrometer, Phase I	Completed	—	Optical Components	Ames Research Center
Pulsed Plasma Thruster Piezo-Igniter for Small Satellite, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Glenn Research Center
Agent-based Health Monitoring System, Phase I	Completed	—	Management and Control	Ames Research Center
Highly Efficient Compact Laser for Planetary Exploration, Phase I	Completed	—	Lasers	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Microfluidic Cytometer for Complete Blood Count Analysis, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells	Johnson Space Center
Accelerated Numerical Processing API Based on GPU Technology, Phase I	Completed	—	Automated Exascale Software Development Toolset	Ames Research Center
Low-Power Long-Wavelength Infrared Sources for Tunable Laser Spectrometers on New Frontiers and Discovery Missions	Completed	2	Lasers	—
Enhanced L/D and Virtual Shaping of NLF Sections, Phase II	Completed	—	Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion	Armstrong Flight Research Center
A Network of Multi-band Sensors for Radar Design, Deployment, and Diagnostics, Phase I	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lightweight, Flexible, and Freezable Heat Pump/Radiator for EVA Suits, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Johnson Space Center
Ka-Band MMIC T/R Module, Phase II	Completed	—	Innovative RF Technologies	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Compact, Ultrasensitive Formaldehyde Monitor, Phase I	Completed	—	Monitoring Technology	Ames Research Center
Battery Separator Membrane Having a Selectable Thermal Shut-Down Temperature, Phase II	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Batteries	Johnson Space Center
An Optical Wake Vortex Detection System for Super-Density Airport Operation, Phase I	Completed	—	Weather and Environment	Langley Research Center
Integrating Prognostics in Automated Contingency Management Strategies for Advanced Aircraft Controls, Phase I	Completed	—	Advanced Life Cycle Testing Techniques	Ames Research Center
Novel Polarimetric SAR Interferometry Algorithms, Phase II	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Agent-based Optimization of Distributed Air Traffic Management, Phase II	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Ames Research Center
Distributed Pressure Sensor, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
VirexLab a Virtual Reality Educational System, Phase I	Completed	—	Intelligent Data Understanding	Marshall Space Flight Center
Integration of High-Pressure Combustion Experiments and Simulations, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Marshall Space Flight Center
Investigation of Nanometal/Carbon Fiber Composite Structures for Use in Novel Lightweight Cryotank Designs, Phase I	Completed	3	In-Space Propellant Storage and Use	Johnson Space Center
Development of REvolutionary Adaptive Morphing UAV (DREAM-UAV), Phase I	Completed	—	Aeroelasticity	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Nano-Engineered Structural Joints, Phase I	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Ames Research Center
X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence Instrument for Mineralogical Analysis at the Lunar Surface, Phase I	Completed	6	Sample Acquisition and Handling	Ames Research Center
Ultra-Lightweight Hybrid Structured Mirror, Phase I	Completed	—	Mirror Systems	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.

💻 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.