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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 191 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Development of the NASA Ames Imaging Module, Year 2 (AIM) Completed 5 — Ames Research Center
Extreme Environment Wear Testbed for Materials Discovery for Lunar Dust Tolerant Applications Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Langley Research Center
Advanced Design and Manufacture of Cryogenic Propellant Tanks for Air Launched Liquid Rockets Completed 3 — Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc.
Minimally Intrusive Embedded Sensors for High Mass to Mars Thermal Protection Systems, Year 1 Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Glenn Research Center
Fluidic Telescope Experiment (FLUTE): to the ISS and beyond, Year 2 Completed 4 Optical Components Ames Research Center
Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion (VIP-INSPR) Completed 2 Dynamic Energy Conversion Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Minimally Intrusive Embedded Sensors for High Mass Thermal Protection Systems, Year 2 Completed — Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Glenn Research Center
Developing Quantum Dot Absorptive Filter Array based Miniaturized Spectrometer for Space Applications Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Multitarget Approaches to Robust Navigation Completed 3 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Missouri University of Science and Technology
F-18 Stereo Vision Data collection - FY17 Completed 3 — Armstrong Flight Research Center
On-Demand Production of Hypergols: Steps Towards Scalability Completed 3 Chemical Space Propulsion Kennedy Space Center
Minimizing Residual Stresses in Metal Additive Manufacturing using Multiscale and Multiphysics Topology Optimization Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Western Michigan University
Space PressurE Chromatic confocal Sensor (SPECS) Completed 3 Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL Langley Research Center
Flat H Redundant Frangible Joint Development Completed 4 — Johnson Space Center
Miniature, Conformal, and Spectrally Agile Ultra Wideband Phased Array Antenna for Communication and Sensing Completed 3 Innovative Antennas Ohio State University-Main Campus
Mars Simulant Development for ISRU Applications Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Johnson Space Center
Earth Mesosphere Temperature Measurements via Sodium Lidar Completed 4 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center
Control of an Active Sensor Skin for Extreme Terrain Mobility Completed 3 Surface Mobility Purdue University-Main Campus
Electrolytes containing dynamic covalent networks for thermo-electrochemical cells Completed 2 Special Materials University of Chicago
Multidimensional Processing and Visual Rendering of Complex 3D Biomedical Images, Year 1 Completed 5 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Johnson Space Center
Characterizing Quantum Devices Using the Principles of Quantum Information Completed 3 Quantum Computer University of Colorado Boulder
Shape-Morphing Adaptive Radiator Technology, Year 1 (SMART) Completed 3 Heat Rejection and Storage Johnson Space Center
Ionic Polyimides-New High Performance Polymers for Additive Manufacturing - FY18 Completed 2 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Marshall Space Flight Center
Atmospheric-Breathing Supersonic Propulsion System for Future Planetary Exploration Completed 3 Ramjet/Scramjet Langley Research Center
Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER): Detecting and Characterizing All Earth-Like Exoplanets Orbiting Sun-Like Stars Within 10 pc Completed 2 Structures and Antennas Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Investigation into a Novel Propellant Delivery System for 1000lbf Class Ultra-Low-Cost Reusable CubeSat Boost Engine, Year 1 Completed 2 — Stennis Space Center
A Goggle-Based Visual Field Device: To Detect, Monitor, and Guide Intervention of Severe Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome, Year 2 (SANS) Completed 6 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Johnson Space Center
Autonomous Proprioceptive Terrain Detection for Compliant Rovers Completed 3 Robot Navigation and Path Planning Ames Research Center
Circular Dichroism-Thermal Lens Microscopy: A New Approach to Life Detection Completed 3 Planetary Protection Ames Research Center
Invariant Funnels For Robust Interplanetary Transfer, Flyby, Capture, and Landing Completed 2 Guidance Algorithms Stanford University
Flow Boiling in Microgap Coolers - Validation via Suborbital Flight, Year 4 Completed 5 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center
Further Development of Aperture: A Precise Extremely Large Reflective Telescope Using Re-configurable Elements Completed 2 Mirror Systems Northwestern University
Electrochemical Approach to ID Bacteria Completed 1 — Johnson Space Center
Dusty Plasma Fission Fragment Propulsion Completed 3 — Marshall Space Flight Center
Ultra-low thermal stability of Gallium Nitride (GaN) power devices Completed 7 Advanced Commercial-off-the-Shelf Technologies Marshall Space Flight Center
Formation Flying with a Beach Ball Coronagraph Completed 4 — Goddard Space Flight Center
Learning Agent for Autonomous Spacecraft Activity Planning and Orbit Selection Completed 3 Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling University of Colorado Boulder
Utilizing Surface Acoustic Waves for Rapid Heating in Lithium-Ion Batteries Completed 2 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries University of California-San Diego
Thermal effects in plume-surface interaction during a powered descent landing Completed 2 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Johns Hopkins University
Integrated Low Temperature CO2 and H2O Electrolysis Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Glenn Research Center
Capacitive Mass Guaging for Cyrogenic Fluids in Micro-g (CAPMAG) Completed 6 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Kennedy Space Center
In-Situ Production of Cementitious Material from Martian Resources, Year 2 Completed 3 In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair Marshall Space Flight Center
Bio-inspired Thermal Exchange System for Spacecraft Completed 2 Thermal Protection Materials Glenn Research Center
Exploration of Bio-Inspired Acoustic Metasurface-Based Absorbers Completed 3 Aeroacoustics Glenn Research Center
Design of Refractory Alloys for Processing by Additive Manufacturing and Service at Extremely High Temperatures Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Carnegie Mellon University
Development of an X-ray tube for planetary instruments Completed 6 Decompression Sickness Mitigation Ames Research Center
Solid State Ultra Capacitor, Year 1 Completed 4 — Marshall Space Flight Center
Small Satellite Modular ADCS Completed 4 — Marshall Space Flight Center
Regolith-Derived Heat Shield for Planetary Body Entry and Descent System with In Situ Fabrication Completed 3 — Kennedy Space Center
Solid Polymer Nanocomposite Battery Electrolyte Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Glenn Research 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.