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 158 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Modeling of Intumescent Ablators	Completed	2	Thermal Protection Systems	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Machine Learning Applications for Spacecraft Mission Design in Complex Environments	Completed	3	Onboard Navigation Algorithms	University of Colorado Boulder
Weld-ASSIST: Weldability Assessment for In-Space Conditions using a Digital Twin	Active	—	Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing	University of Illinois Chicago
Enhancement of Nanosat Launch Vehicle Booster Main Engine Using 3D Additive Manufacturing Techniques	Completed	6	—	Vector Space Systems
Ultra-Stable Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Astrophysical Observations	Completed	2	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Active Elastic Skins for Soft Robotics	Completed	3	Flexible Material Systems	Yale University
DLR's COMARS+ sensor suite for New Frontiers-4 and Discovery Competed Missions	Completed	4	—	Ames Research Center
Supporting Early Mission Concept Evaluation through Natural Language Processing	Completed	3	Collaborative Science and Engineering	Texas A & M University-College Station
Purification of Lunar Cold-trapped Volatiles - FY18	Completed	3	Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation	Marshall Space Flight Center
Collapsible Space Telescope (CST) for Nanosatellite Imaging and Observation, Year 2	Completed	4	—	Ames Research Center
DEEP IN Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration	Completed	3	Solar Thermal Propulsion	University of California-Santa Barbara
Development of Strained-Layer Superlattice (SLS) IR Detector Camera	Completed	5	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
STARS: Spectroscopy Towards occultation for Atmospheric Remote Sensing	Completed	—	Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lunar Safe Haven Seedling Study (LSH)	Completed	2	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
Spyder: A Dedicated CubeSat Launcher Project	Completed	6	—	UP Aerospace, Inc
Nanofabrication of High Temperature Superconducting Josephson THz Mixers, Year 2	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Interference Tolerant Functional Near Infrared Spectrometer (fNIRS) for Cognitive State Monitoring	Completed	3	Cognitive Networking	Glenn Research Center
Understanding and Mitigating Scale Formation on Membranes Used for Membrane Distillation of Wastewater During Space Travel	Completed	3	Water Recovery and Management	Rice University
Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE)	Completed	3	Surface Mobility	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Low Cost, Low Noise, High Voltage Pulser-Driver for Spaceborne Electro-Optics for Earth and Planetart Remote Sensing	Completed	4	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Cryospheric Rydberg Radar	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Quantum-cascade metasurfaces for THz semiconductor lasers and amplifiers	Completed	3	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deep Space Autonomous Servicing	Completed	—	Learning and Adaptation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Portable flow inferencing device using Fourier Ptychography and Deep Learning for detection of biosignatures	Completed	—	Electronics	Goddard Space Flight Center
Infrastructure Construction using Mars Resources in support of a Safe Initial Human Mars Settlement	Completed	2	Surface Construction and Assembly	Langley Research Center
Improvements to Multi-shooting Differential Dynamic Programming for Cislunar Applications	Completed	3	Onboard Navigation Algorithms	The University of Texas at Austin
Plasmonic structured color filters for hyperspectral detection	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Low Divergence Hall Effect Thruster to Simplify Spacecraft Integration	Completed	3	Electrostatic Propulsion	Glenn Research Center
Interferometric Optical Filter at 532 nm for Improved Atmospheric and Ocean Measurements with HSRL	Completed	3	Lasers	Langley Research Center
Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander	Completed	3	Solar Thermal Propulsion	Princeton Satellite Systems
LOX-CH4 Propulsion	Completed	6	—	Blue Origin, LLC
Dynamic Control for Directed Evolution: A New Tool for Robust Bioengineering	Completed	7	—	Ames Research Center
Electrodynamic Dust Shield on Lunar Solar Arrays	Completed	—	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
Ultra-high Pressure Promoted Combustion	Completed	7	Cryogenic Propulsion	Johnson Space Center
Uncovering the Solution Space of Chaotic Systems via Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning	Completed	3	Science Modeling	University of Colorado Boulder
Lunar South Pole Oxygen Pipeline	Completed	2	Manufacturing Processes	Lunar Resources, Inc.
Characterization of Inner Front Pole Cover Erosion in Center Mounted Cathode Hall Thrusters using Thompson Scattering	Completed	3	Electrostatic Propulsion	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Superelastic, Non-Pneumatic Tire for Space & Terrestrial Applications, Year 1	Completed	4	—	Glenn Research Center
Detectors for Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Exploration of Composite 3D Carbon Foams for Radiation Shielding and 2D allotropes of Carbon for Direct Lunar Applications	Completed	—	Protection Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Coupler for Propellant Transfer (CPT-TP)	Completed	5	Cryogenic Propulsion	SpaceX
III-V Microsystem Components for Positioning, Navigation and Timing in Extreme Harsh Environments	Completed	3	Timekeeping and Time Distribution	Stanford University
Pulsed Plasma Transit System	Completed	3	—	Ames Research Center
Experimental Validation of Charged Lunar Dust Dynamics Simulations, Year 2	Completed	5	Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation	Kennedy Space Center
Advanced Energy Storage Systems (AESS)	Completed	6	—	Glenn Research Center
Photon-Counting Integrated Circuit (PCIC) Photodetector Arrays	Completed	4	Detectors and Focal Planes	Ames Research Center
Active Full-Shell X-Ray Optics, Year 2	Completed	4	Mirror Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Surface Passivation of Lithium-Ion Electrodes: A Path to High-Performance Energy Storage	Completed	3	Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage	The University of Texas at Austin
No Moving Part Stirling Power, Year 1	Completed	4	Dynamic Energy Conversion	Glenn Research Center
Metal Extraction Lunar Technology from Carbothermal Reduction (MELT-CR)	Completed	3	In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair	Marshall 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.