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 183 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Robust and Efficient GNC Algorithms for Autonomous Formation Flying using Electric Propulsion	Completed	3	Onboard Maneuvering, Pointing, Stabilization, and Flight Control Algorithms	Stanford University
Terrain Adaptive Reconfiguration of Mobility	Completed	3	Surface Mobility	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A Comparison of Two Low-Dimension Manifold Combustion Models for Nonpremixed Supersonic Combustion	Completed	3	Rocket-Based Combined Cycle	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Engineering Concept Design & Assembly in VR Program Follow-on, Year 2	Completed	5	Environment Testing	Goddard Space Flight Center
Visual Positioning System for the Formation Flying of Suborbital Vehicles and Spacecraft	Completed	3	High-Fidelity Simulation and Visualization	University of Colorado Boulder
Green Propellant Thruster Technology Qualification (ACO: ATK)	Completed	5	—	Orbital ATK Space Systems Group
Ultra-lightweight Core Materials	Completed	6	Lightweight Structural Materials	Glenn Research Center
Subterranean Mobility for Autonomous Lava Tube Exploration (SMALTo)	Completed	3	Below-Surface Mobility	University of Colorado Boulder
High Tortuosity Carbon Dioxide Conversion Device for CO2 Reduction into useful products for Life Support Systems	Completed	5	—	Ames Research Center
Human Performance Metrics for Spacesuit Evaluation	Completed	3	Human Factors Engineering	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of High Thermal Conductivity Synthetic Spider Silk for Thermal Management in Space	Completed	3	Heat Transport	Purdue University-Main Campus
Lightweight Materials and Structures	Completed	5	—	Langley Research Center
Compact Guide Star Sensor for Precision Inertial Alignment	Completed	4	Navigation Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Technology Assessment and Modelling of Three-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells for in-Space Utilization	Completed	3	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a Solar Gravity Lens Mission	Completed	2	Optical Components	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Novelty-Driven Onboard Targeting for MSL and Mars 2020 Rovers, Year 1	Completed	—	Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Encapsulation Technology for Delivery of Medical Therapeutics	Completed	2	Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis	Ames Research Center
Extreme Environment Solar Power (EESP)	Completed	5	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
Day/Night Lunar Rover Obstacle Avoidance and Localization (LunarNav)	Canceled	5	State Estimation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ion Optics Development for Reduced Ion Beam Divergence	Completed	—	Electrostatic Propulsion	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Fluorescent Microbeads for Tuning the Local Light Availability in High Density Algae Photobioreactors	Canceled	3	—	Ames Research Center
Microwave AeroGel Volatile Collector (MAGVC) Aerogel and Microwave Radiation Study	Completed	4	Ground, Test, and Surface Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
3D Printing of Dense Regolith Suspensions for Construction and Weatherability at Ultra-low Temperatures	Completed	2	Manufacturing Processes	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Tunable Product Selectivity on Nano-engineered Protonic-Ceramic Electrocatalysts for In-Situ Resource Utilization	Active	2	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Columbia University in the City of New York
Interdisciplinary Development of Advanced Aerocapture Guidance Algorithms using High-Fidelity Physics Modeling	Completed	2	Hypersonic Decelerators	University of Colorado Boulder
Conformal Ablative TPS (CA-TPS)	Completed	6	—	Ames Research Center
Advanced Wireless Flight Sensor System	Completed	3	Wireless Avionics Technologies	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Control of Statically Unstable Systems with Actuator Nonlinearities	Completed	3	Flight Performance and Analysis	Armstrong Flight Research Center
ECAPS - Eddy Current Approach and Proximity Satellites	Completed	4	—	Kennedy Space Center
To the plumes of Enceladus and elsewhere: developing miniature electrochro-matographic monolithic columns for the in situ analysis of extraterrestrial organic molecules and biomarkers	Completed	3	—	Ames Research Center
Multi-Purpose Artificial Muscle and Sensor Array for Untethered Soft Robots	Completed	3	Flexible Material Systems	Carnegie Mellon University
Extended Stroke Reverse-Operation DTE Thermal Switch for Non-Vacuum or Vacuum Extreme Environments	Completed	—	Heat Transport	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Perchlorate on Mars: Risk and Resource	Completed	7	—	Ames Research Center
The Marshall Sharks. Shark-tank type event for Innovation Day.	Completed	3	—	Marshall Space Flight Center
Development of Conformal Ablative Thermal Protection Material and Fabrication Process	Completed	3	Thermal Protection Systems	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Vision Based Object Detection and Navigation for Spacecraft	Completed	3	Vision and Virtual/Augmented Reality Avionics	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
A Breakthrough Propulsion Architecture for Interstellar Precursor Missions	Completed	3	Electric Space Propulsion	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Model Predictive Control of an Underdamped, Pneumatically Actuated, Soft Robot with Flexible Links for Unmodeled Environments	Completed	3	Flexible Material Systems	Brigham Young University-Provo
Rapid PetrifilmTM Plates (RPPs) for Reducing Planetary Protection Assay Time and Cost, Year 2	Completed	5	Planetary Protection	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Engineering Gecko-Inspired Adhesives for Robotic Mobility and Manipulation in Microgravity	Completed	3	Grappling Technologies	Stanford University
Ultrafast laser development for planetary mass spectrometry	Completed	—	Lasers	Goddard Space Flight Center
Ultra Low Temperature Batteries (ULTB)	Completed	5	—	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Autonomous Surface Site Establishment to Ensure Safe Crew Arrival and Operations	Completed	2	Integrated Flight Operations Systems	Langley Research Center
Machine Learning for Airspace Complexity Management	Completed	3	Intelligent Data Understanding	Ames Research Center
Lofted Environmental Venus Sensors (LEAVES)	Completed	3	Sensors and Instruments	Ohio Aerospace Institute
Reinforcement of 3D Printed Nanocomposite Materials Using Ultrasound Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes	Completed	3	Manufacturing Processes	University of Utah
Human Persistence in Space enabled by Artificial Photosynthesis	Completed	3	Atmosphere Revitalization	Glenn Research Center
Advanced Ablator Thermal Model (Advanced Material Modeling)	Completed	7	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Ames Research Center
Linear Transformer Drivers for Propulsion and Power, Year 1	Completed	6	—	Marshall Space Flight Center
Towards a robust laser-based velocity and temperature diagnostic for deployment in hypersonic ground-test facilities and high-speed flight	Completed	2	Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL	Stanford University

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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.