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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.

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21,172 projects harvested so far — page 14 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Simulation and Analysis of Socio-Technical Risk using SpecTRM, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Mechanistic Model for Atomization of Superheated Liquid Jet Fuel, Phase II Completed 1 Hybrids Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Fault Tolerant Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Phase I Completed — High-Performance Processors Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Pulse shaping fiber laser for high rate space telecommunications, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
A Photon Counting Imaging Detector for NASA Exoplanet Missions Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes — 2018-10-10 —
Silicon Micromachining for Millimeter- and Submillimeter-Wave Applications Completed 2 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Characterization of IR detector for Fire Measurement and Planetary Research Completed 1 Propellant Production, Storage, and Transfer Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Communication System and Avionics for Deployable Small Free Flying Payloads Completed 4 Radio Frequency Wallops Flight Facility 2018-10-10 —
Nanostructured Aerogel Systems for Cold Volume Enclosures, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Fan Flow Control for Improved Efficiency and Noise Reduction, Phase I Completed — Aeroacoustics Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Modeling of an Adjustable Beam Solid State Light Completed 2 Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Low Power Universal Direct Conversion Transmit and Receive (UTR) RF Module for Software Defined Radios, Phase I Completed 4 Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Cryogenic Propellant Insulation Program, Phase I Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Single-Aperture GPS-based Attitude (GPS/A) Sensor for Spin-Stabilized Platforms, Phase II Completed — Attitude Estimation Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Cytometer on a Chip, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Synthetic Imaging Maneuver Optimization (SIMO), Phase II Completed — Ground-Based Maneuvering, Pointing, Stabilization, and Flight Control Algorithms Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
SATS- Lean Technology Design (LTD), Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Schottky Heterodyne Receivers with Full Waveguide Bandwidth, Phase I Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Doped Chiral Polymer Negative Index Materials (DCPNIM) Completed 1 Special Materials Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Smart Low-Cost Electronic Module for Simultaneous Sensor and Process Faults Moni, Phase I Completed — Test, Operations, and Systems Safety Armstrong Flight Research Center 2018-10-10 —
An Advanced SiC Power Switch for Deep Space Power Systems, Phase I Completed — Static Energy Conversion Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
500°C Capable, Weather-Resistant Electronics Packaging for Extreme Environment Exploration Completed 3 Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies — 2018-10-10 —
Improved Materials and Processes for RF Antennas, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
SELF-OPERATING 80K - 150K MINIATURE J-T CRYOCOOLER, Phase I Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Adjoint-Based Design Software Using Adaptive Finite Element Methods, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Armstrong Flight Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Optical Bench for LISA-like missions Completed — Lightweight Concepts — 2018-10-10 —
G-LiHT Data Products and Distribution System Completed 8 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Non-Dispersive Atomic Absorption System for Engine Health Monitoring, Phase I Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Stennis Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Shockwave Fabrication of High Performance Thermoelectrics, Phase I Completed — Static Energy Conversion Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
High Performance and Low Cost Hybrid Microwave Structure, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Modernization and Validation of Stereophotoclinometry (SPC) Techniques and Tools Completed 2 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Organic Rubber Aerogel as Thermal Insulation and Radiation Shield, Phase II Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Bluetooth Wireless Wearable Modular Medical Instrumentation, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
High-Speed On-Board Data Processing for Science Instruments (HOPS) Completed 3 High-Performance Processors NASA Headquarters 2018-10-10 —
Particle acceleration and emission processes in pulsar magnetospheres Completed — Electromagnetic Propulsion — 2018-10-10 —
Inorganic Polymer Nanocomposite Cathode for Long Cycle Life Lithium - Sulfur Batteries, Phase I Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Electrochromic Variable Emissivity Devices for Thermal Control, Phase II Completed — Decompression Sickness Mitigation Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Space Rigidizable, Deployable Ultra-Lightweight Microcellular CHEM Foams, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
CCD-scale Far-IR Detector Arrays Using Code Domain Multiplexing Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Multipurpose Li-Ion Spacecraft Battery, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Clustered Vacuum Arc Thruster for Deep Space Missions, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Interactive Electronic Procedure Management System, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Monitoring Apoptosis and Cytotoxicity of Anti-tumor Drugs in Microgravity, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Advanced W-Band Gallium Nitride Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) for Doppler Cloud Radar Supporting ACE Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Adaptive Flight Envelope Estimation and Protection, Phase I Completed — Fault Response Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Integrated Video for Synthetic Vision Systems, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Voice to Text Language Translation (VTLT), Phase I Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Coordinated Mobile Manipulation for Robotics Material Handling, Phase II Completed — Dexterous Manipulation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Prototyping and flight qualification of high-reflectivity broadband mirror coatings for the next generation of space observatories Completed — Coatings — 2018-10-10 —
Data Mining Tool for Fleet Management, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
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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.