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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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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 163 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
An In Situ Manufactured Lunar Far Side Radio Observatory (FarView) Completed 3 In Situ Resource Use Lunar Resources, Inc.
Pulsar Navigation for Crewed Exploration of the Solar System, Year 1 Completed 4 — Johnson Space Center
Advanced Diffractive MetaFilm Sailcraft Completed 2 Solar Sails Rochester Institute of Technology
Development of a Wide-Spectrum Organic Analysis Instrument, Year 2 Completed 7 — Johnson Space Center
Development of In-Situ Concrete Materials for Lunar Infrastructure Completed 3 Materials for Extreme Environments Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
A Hybrid Systems Strategy to Support Autonomous Spacecraft Trajectory Design and Optimization in Multiple Dynamical Regimes Completed 3 Trajectory Design and Analysis Purdue University-Main Campus
Melanin Coated Aerogels for Radiation Mitigation Completed — Protection Systems Glenn Research Center
Plasma Assisted Trash Conversion with CO2 Carrier Gas Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Kennedy Space Center
Lithium Niobate Based Photonic Integrated Circuits for Reconfigurable Sensing and Signal Processing Completed 3 Electronic Packaging and Implementations University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Controllable Excited State Atomic Barium Filter for Remote Sensing and Ground Testing Completed 3 Lasers Texas A & M University-College Station
Flexible DC Energy Router based on Energy Storage Integrated Circuit Breaker Completed 5 Management and Control Ohio State University-Main Campus
Using electrostatic principles to separate out nutrients from ECLSS wastewater brines Completed — Water Recovery and Management Kennedy Space Center
Desalting Technologies for Organics Analysis on Ocean Worlds Completed 3 Sample Handling Goddard Space Flight Center
Molybdenum-Tungsten Alloys for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications Completed 2 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Marshall Space Flight Center
Neurotechnology for Spaceflight Visual Impairment Detection and Assessment Completed 5 — Ames Research Center
Characterization and Modeling of Fundamental Parameters of a Membrane-Aerated Biological Reactor Completed 3 Water Recovery and Management Texas Tech University
Towards a validated multi-scale, multi-physics, and multi-phase model for lunar dust Completed 4 Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Johns Hopkins University
Frequency Tunable Piezoelectric Energy Harvester based on Crumpled MoS2 and Graphene Completed 3 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Low Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Sterilization Shower Completed 4 — Ames Research Center
Roving in the Permanently Shadowed Regions of Planetary Bodies Completed 3 Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis Carnegie Mellon University
Multifunctional Lightweight Structural Materials/Advanced Radiation Shielding, Year 2 Completed 2 Protection Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Polarization Entangled Lidar Completed — Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors Langley Research Center
Modeling multi-scale material response of foam core sandwich panels for MMOD protection against hypervelocity impacts Completed 3 Materials for Extreme Environments University of Kentucky
Evaluation of Additively-Manufactured, Consumable Structure Options for Small Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Completed 3 Hybrids Utah State University
Portable Flow Device using Fourier Ptychography and Deep Learning for Detection of Biosignatures Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center
Integrated Sonde & Analyzer for In Situ Aerosol Measurements at Venus Completed 3 Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment Ames Research Center
ReachBot: Small Robot for Large Mobile Manipulation Tasks in Martian Cave Environments (ReachBot) Completed 2 Mobility Stanford University
3D Printed Cryogenic Strut Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Marshall Space Flight Center
Exoplanet Starshade Testbed Definition Completed — Distributed Aperture Ames Research Center
Developing Polarization Sensitive Detectors for Cosmic Microwave Background Research Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Princeton University
Adaptable Radiometric Measurement System (ARMS) Completed 4 Thermal Management Systems Armstrong Flight Research Center
Lunar Ice Processing (Ice-TP) Completed 5 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables OxEon Energy, LLC
In-space and Surface Seal Development Standard Interface Reqts and Seal Dev Risk Redux Completed 3 Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center
High Fidelity Design Tools and a New Hydrogen Containment Process for Nuclear Thermal Engine Ground Testing Completed 7 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Marshall Space Flight Center
Marsbee - Swarm of Flapping Wing Flyers for Enhanced Mars Exploration Completed 3 Above-Surface Mobility University of Alabama in Huntsville
ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE) Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Goddard Space Flight Center
Characterization and Application of Cryogenic Power Semiconductors in Lightweight, Fault-tolerant Systems for Lunar Missions Active 3 Management and Control Clemson University
Electrostatic Levitation Studies for the Orbital Ball Bearing Experiment II (OBBEX II) Completed 2 Mirror Systems Marshall Space Flight Center
Oscillatory Magnetic Field-Assisted Finishing of Internal Surfaces of Complex Additively Manufactured Metal Parts Active 2 Manufacturing Processes University of Florida
Condensing Heat Exchanger for Space Systems: Laser Processed [CHESS-LP] Completed — Atmosphere Revitalization Glenn Research Center
Coating-less laser Completed 3 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center
High Efficiency Thermal Switch for Extreme, Variable Space Exploration Environments Completed — Heat Transport Marshall Space Flight Center
System Effects of Non-Catastrophic Debris Strikes Completed 3 Orbital Debris Characterization University of Colorado Boulder
SMART: Selective Membrane Air Revitalization Technology Completed 2 Atmosphere Revitalization Kennedy Space Center
Testing of Geopolymer Binders in Rocket Plume Environments Completed 3 — Stennis Space Center
Collaborative Augmented Reality with Hands‐Free Gesture Control for Remote Astronaut Training and Mentoring Completed 3 Training Columbia University in the City of New York
An Investigation of the Matrix Converter for AC-to-AC Distribution Completed 2 Distribution and Transmission Glenn Research Center
Tailored Oxidation Resistant High-Entropy Carbides for Hot End Engine Environments Completed — Thermal Protection Systems Marshall Space Flight Center
Waterhammer Mitigation Valve Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Marshall Space Flight Center
Machine Learning for Agriculture Crop Damage Identification and Assessment from Intense Thunderstorms Completed 4 Real-Time Software 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.