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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 189 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Using Goddard’s High-Speed Interferometry to Characterize Deformable Mirror Dynamics and Stability Completed 4 Mirror Systems Goddard Space Flight Center
Contactless Magnetic Joint Development for Lunar Operations Completed 3 Robotic Systems Marshall Space Flight Center
Snapshot Spectro-Polarimetric Computational Imager (SSPCI) to reduce SWaP & data volume Completed 3 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Langley Research Center
Continuous monitoring of biological radiation response using a miniature dielectric spectroscopy biosensor Completed — Monitoring Technology Ames Research Center
Passive, Failure-Tolerant Docking and Undocking with Articulated Magnets Completed 3 Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures Cornell University
A Fundamental Study to Develop an Electrohydrodynamic Induction Pumping Assisted Oscillating Heat Pipe Completed 3 Heat Transport Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Polymer Derived Ceramic Nanocomposites for Advanced Thermoelectrics Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials University of Central Florida
Precision Foreground Removal in Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Maps Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Development of AR/VR Capabilities for Facility and Mission Support Completed 5 Site Management for Launches, Tests, and Operations Stennis Space Center
CEPS – A Compact Electron-Proton Spectrometer for Moon Surface Space Weather Monitoring and Crew Protection Year 2 of 3 Completed 5 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center
Performance of Solid Oxide Pt-SDC Cathode Cell for CO2 Electrolysis Completed 3 — Glenn Research Center
Life Support Systems: Wastewater Processing and Water Management Active 4 Water Recovery and Management Johnson Space Center
Computational Device Designer for High-Performance SiC Electronics for Harsh Space Environments Completed — Electronics Ames Research Center
Enhancing Sensitivity by Integrating A Custom Front End Electronics with Nanosensors Printed Using 3D Manufacturing Techniques, Year 2 Completed 3 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Goddard Space Flight Center
Regolith - Rocket Plume Interaction: In situ measurements to enable multiple landings at the same Planetary Surface Site Completed 4 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Johnson Space Center
Shake the Plane: Off-body velocity and pressure measurement for high-lift, high-Reynolds-number flows Completed 4 Ground, Test, and Surface Systems Langley Research Center
Microinvestments Completed — — Marshall Space Flight Center
Distributed Algorithms for Exploration with Robotic Sensor Networks Completed 3 Onboard Maneuvering, Pointing, Stabilization, and Flight Control Algorithms University of Southern California
Mars CO2 Capture using Sorbent Fiber Materials for In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Completed 2 — Kennedy Space Center
Repurposable Structural Composite Utilization (ReSCU) Materials, Year 1 Completed 2 Lightweight Structural Materials Langley Research Center
High Efficiency Thermoelectric Generator for use in Habitat Systems Completed — Heat Sources Marshall Space Flight Center
On-Chip Quantum Repeater in Diamond for Space-Based Quantum Communication Completed 3 Quantum Communications Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Design and Characterization of Monopropellant-Electrospray Multimode Microthrusters Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Multidimensional Processing and Visual Rendering of Complex 3D Biomedical Images, Year 3 Completed 9 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Johnson Space Center
On-Demand Telemetry Completed 4 Spectrum Efficiency Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advancing the State of the Art in the Simulation of Parachute Inflation and Descent Dynamics: Multiscale Modeling,Performance Acceleration, and Validation Completed 4 Aerodynamic Decelerators Stanford University
Risk-Reduction Testing for the DESLA Upper Stage Engine (ACO: DESLA) Completed — Cryogenic Propulsion Exquadrum, Inc.
Molecular Composition Analysis of Distant Targets Completed 2 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Efficient and Scalable Fabrication of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells via 3D-Printing Completed 3 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Northwestern University
Portable Equipment Panel Development for Modular Power Architectures Completed 4 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Glenn Research Center
Novel Musculoskeletal Loading and Assessment System, Year 1 Completed 6 Prevention and Countermeasures Johnson Space Center
Glider Swarm Sensor Distribution Study, Year 2 Completed — Above-Surface Mobility Armstrong Flight Research Center
Robust Autonomous Aerial Capture Completed 5 Autonomous Systems Armstrong Flight Research Center
Artificial Intelligence – Simulation Based Machine Learning for Robotics Navigation Completed — Learning and Adaptation Glenn Research Center
Multifunctional Surface Treatment for Self-Sterilization and CO2 sequestration for Sustainable Space Exploration Completed 2 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Langley Research Center
Investigation into a Novel Propellant Delivery System for 1000lbf Class Low-Cost reusable Cube-Sat Boost Liquid Rocket Engines, Year 2 Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Stennis Space Center
Prediction of Safety Incidents, Year 1 Completed 3 Traffic Management Concepts Stennis Space Center
Lunar Lander Advanced Nozzle (LAN-ACO) Completed 5 Cryogenic Propulsion Blue Origin, LLC
Enhancing Operational Imagery and Video for Human Exploration Year 2 of 3 Completed 5 Situational and Self-Awareness Technologies Johnson Space Center
Near-Zero Power Photoswitches for Free-space Optical Communication (FSO) and LIDAR Completed 3 — Goddard Space Flight Center
Ultralight Nanolattices with Co-Optimized Mechanical, Thermal, and Optical Properties Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Power for Interstellar Fly-by Completed 2 Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power Glenn Research Center
Optical CDMA for CubeSats, Year 2 Completed 3 Optimetrics Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mobile Platform Development for SSC Propulsion Test Operations, Year 3 Completed 4 — Stennis Space Center
Creating and Understanding Hybrid Interfaces of Multifunctional Composite Laminates for Extreme Environments Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials Texas A & M University-College Station
Mars Molniya Orbit Atmospheric Resource Mining Completed 3 Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies Kennedy Space Center
Optical Technology for Exoplanet Characterization Completed 3 Optical Components Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Safe Crew Abort and Recovery for Ascent and Descent at the Moon and Mars Completed 1 Architecture Design and Analysis Langley Research Center
Modeling limbless locomotion using ADAMS software Completed 2 — Johnson Space Center
Finding Optimal Independent Grasp Regions of Parallel Manipulators with Additional Applications for Limbed Robot Mobility Completed 3 Dexterous Manipulation Carnegie Mellon 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.