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 →

21,052 projects harvested so far — page 160 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Sky Based Background Oriented Schlieren for Flight Test, Year 1	Completed	—	Ground and Flight Test Technologies	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Mars Micro-Mapping Mineralogical Spectrometer, Year 2 (MMMS)	Completed	6	Optical Components	Ames Research Center
LunarCam (LunarCam)	Canceled	5	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Instrumentation for ice crystal measurements	Completed	2	—	Glenn Research Center
Visible-Light-Responsive Catalyst Development for VOC Remediation, Year 2	Completed	3	—	Kennedy Space Center
Large Payload HIAD Systems: Structural Investigation and Optimization	Completed	3	Hypersonic Decelerators	University of Maine
Replicated Thin Active Mirrors (GSFC)	Completed	3	Mirror Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Digital μMirror Device (DMD) Pointing Spectrometer, Year 2	Completed	4	Detectors and Focal Planes	Ames Research Center
Deployable Thermoelectric Metamaterial Energy Harvesting Monitoring System	Completed	3	Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines	Stennis Space Center
Nuclear Thermal Rocket and Arc Jet Integrated System Modeling	Completed	3	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
Multifunctional Microfluids	Completed	—	—	Ames Research Center
A Low G Ideal Integrating Bolometer, Year 2	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Prediction of Microstructure Evolution in DMLM processed Inconel 718 with Part Scale Simulation	Completed	4	Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and Transceiver (LISA-T)	Completed	6	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Marshall Space Flight Center
Dynamic Soaring Control Algorithm Study	Completed	3	Modeling and Simulation for Flight	Armstrong Flight Research Center
High-fidelity laser-based imaging of mixing effects on rotating detonation combustion for space propulsion	Completed	3	Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion	Purdue University-Main Campus
Light Bender (LightBend)	Completed	3	Power Generation and Energy Conversion	Langley Research Center
Low-Power, Large-Area Space Radiation Detector	Completed	4	Detectors and Focal Planes	Glenn Research Center
Adapting RNAseq sample preparation for ISS	Completed	3	Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors	Ames Research Center
Synthesizing Flight Software (FSW) Discrete Controllers from Formal Specifications	Completed	3	Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cellular Material Assembly	Completed	3	—	Ames Research Center
Dual Use Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Array for Lunar ISRU Generation of Power and Fuel	Completed	2	Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage	Glenn Research Center
Micro-scale Plasma Arc Gasification, Year 2	Completed	4	Waste Management	Kennedy Space Center
Prototype Microscale Electrohydrodynamic Based Thermal Control Hardware	Completed	3	—	Goddard Space Flight Center
A Combined Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics Approach for Quantifying Catalytic Energies in a Liquid Environment	Completed	3	Dynamic Energy Conversion	Clemson University
Modeling Sub-500MHz Space-Borne Radar Signal Propagation in Complex Media	Completed	3	Science Modeling	Ohio State University-Main Campus
Single-event Drag Modulated Aerocapture at Venus for a Small Satellite Science Mission, Year 2	Completed	4	—	Ames Research Center
Predicting deformation and cracking as a function of additive manufacturing process parameters, Year 2	Completed	3	Manufacturing Processes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
PERIapsis Subsurface Cave Optical Explorer (PERISCOPE)	Completed	2	Hybrid Electric Systems	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Micro-Concentrator Photovoltaics for Extreme Space Environments	Completed	3	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Non-Spherical Microcapsules for Increased Core Content Volume Delivery	Completed	3	—	Kennedy Space Center
Understanding Deep Neural Networks Through Attribution and Interactive Experimentation	Completed	3	Semantic Technologies	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Plasma Based Energy Deposition for Mitigation of Sonic Boom Experiment to demonstrate viability - Wind Tunnel Test, Year 2	Completed	5	Ground and Flight Test Technologies	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Fluidic Integration of Inkjet Printed Sensors (FLIIPS)	Completed	3	Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis	Ames Research Center
B-Mode AF-315E Propulsion Demonstration	Completed	3	Electrostatic Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
Chemical Mechanical Planarization technology for innovative superconducting devices and detectors for astrophysics instruments, Year 2	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Merging Geospatial Data into a User-Friendly Application to Support Sustainable Development, Year 2	Completed	7	—	Stennis Space Center
Low-Thrust Trajectory Design in Multi-Body Environments Through Patched Periodic Orbits	Completed	3	Onboard Navigation Algorithms	The University of Texas at Austin
Control and Deployment of Science Instrument Payloads for Tensegrity Robots	Completed	3	—	Ames Research Center
Optimization of Device Geometry for Rotating Detonation Engines	Active	2	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Purdue University-Main Campus
Flow Boiling in Microgap Coolers for 3D Integrated Circuits, Year 3	Completed	4	—	Goddard Space Flight Center
Establishing a Quantitative Relationship Between Ion and Pulsed-Laser Induced Single Event Soft Errors in Advanced Semiconductor Devices	Completed	3	Lasers	Vanderbilt University
Catalytic Conversion of Waste Plastic to Hydrogen	Completed	4	Waste Management	Cecilia Energy
Micro Additive Manufacturing, Year 2	Completed	3	Manufacturing Processes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Bio-functionalization of Titanium (Ti) by Amine Groups for Advanced Materials Development	Completed	3	—	Glenn Research Center
Generating Durable Gaskets from the Byproduct of ECLSS Bosch Reaction	Completed	2	Atmosphere Revitalization	Marshall Space Flight Center
Mobile Platform Development for SSC Propulsion Test Operations, Year 2	Completed	4	—	Stennis Space Center
Telerobotic Perception during Asteroid and Mars Regolith Operations, Year 2	Completed	3	—	Kennedy Space Center
Nanoporous Cyclic Brush Polymers for Selective Carbon Dioxide Capture	Completed	3	Lightweight Structural Materials	Texas A & M University-College Station
Dynamic Control of Radiative Surface Properties with Origami-Inspired Design	Completed	3	Heat Rejection and Storage	Brigham Young University-Provo

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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.