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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 193 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Autonomous Landing & Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) Completed 6 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Johnson Space Center
Developing a Solid State Electrolyte for Advanced Lithium Batteries Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries University of Houston
Trans-Formers for Lunar Extreme Environments: Ensuring Long-Term Operation in Regions of Darkness and Low Temperatures Completed 2 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Developing Cryogenic Heat Exchangers for Selective Cabin Air Separation Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization Ames Research Center
Autonomous Operations Design Guidelines for Flight Hardware Completed 5 — Stennis Space Center
Origami-Based Deployable Composite Super-Structures Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials Langley Research Center
Deep Network Radiative Transfer: A Revolution in Imaging Spectrometer Atmospheric Correction, Year 2 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Moon Medicine: Blood Staining and Novel Mini Imaging Technology, Year 1 Completed — Behavioral Health and Performance Johnson Space Center
Solid-State Thermodynamic Vent System for Control of Cryogenic Propellants Completed 4 Propellant Production, Storage, and Transfer Kennedy Space Center
A Standard of Visualization Abstraction for Human-Robot Interfaces Completed 3 Remote Interaction Vanderbilt University
Concluding 2D-to-3D Transformation of VESGEN Software for Urgent Astronaut Health Risks during Long-Duration ISS and Mars Exploration Missions, Year 2 Completed 4 — Ames Research Center
Real-Time Terrain Mapping and Processing for Safe Landing via Deep Neural Networks Completed 3 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Autonomous Multi-Spectral Relative Navigation, Active Localization, and Motion Planning in the Vicinity of an Asteroid Completed 4 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Kinematic Shape Memory Alloys for Landing Applications Completed 3 Flexible Material Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Micro-Scale Gallium Nitride Pressure Sensors for Advanced Harsh Environment Space Technology Completed 3 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Stanford University
NASA Commercial SatCom User Terminal Completed 5 Optimetrics Glenn Research Center
Engineering Cyanobacteria for the Production of Lightweight Materials Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials Washington University in St Louis
Laser Guide Star for Large Aperture Segmented Space Telescopes Completed 4 Mirror Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Demonstration of Plasma Assisted Waste Conversion to Gas Completed 4 Waste Management Kennedy Space Center
LauncherOne Collaborative Opportunity to Advance Emerging Space Capabilities Completed 6 — Virgin Orbit
2D Materials for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Completed 3 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modeling Failure of 3D Fiber Reinforced Foam Core Sandwich Structures with Defects Using a Multi-Scale Finite Element Method Completed 3 Design and Certification Methods University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Calibration instrumentation for future intensity mapping experiments Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Yale University
Biologically-Inspired Hardware for Land/Aerial Robots Completed 3 Other Robotic Systems Boston University
Computer Optimization and 3D Printing of Quantum Dot Solar Cells Completed 3 Dynamic Energy Conversion Cornell University
Parallel, frequency-domain Solvers for Wave Propagation in 3D, Spatially Inhomogeneous Media (SWaP-SIM3D) Completed 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies Langley Research Center
Carbon Nanotube Infused Launch Vehicle Structures Completed 6 — Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Investigation of Radionuclide Filtering Technology for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine Testing Completed 8 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Stennis Space Center
Exploring High-Performance Additively Manufactured Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) Hardware Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Marshall Space Flight Center
Extended Kalman Filter Framework for Ballistic Range and Magnetic Suspension Wind Tunnel Reconstruction Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Langley Research Center
Hollow Cathode Assembly Diagnostics and Modelling for Development of High Current, Long Life Hollow Cathode Assemblies Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Vehicle Staging Analysis of the Transition to Supersonic Retropropulsion During Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Completed 3 System Integration and Analysis for EDL Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Methane to carbon nanotubes for clean energy and advanced materials Completed 3 Distribution and Transmission Rice University
Biological Nanowires: Self-Assembly of Complex Nanoelectronic Components from Biologically-Derived Precursors Completed — Special Materials Ames Research Center
Coreless Linear Induction Motor (LIM) for Space-borne Electro-magnetic Mass Driver Applications Element Completed 5 — Armstrong Flight Research Center
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Flight Advisor Element Completed 4 — Armstrong Flight Research Center
Optimizing Low Light Level Imaging Techniques and Sensor Design Parameters using CCD Digital Cameras for Potential NASA Earth Science Research aboard a Small Satellite or ISS Project Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Stennis Space Center
Development of Small-Volume, High-Precision, and Reliable Cryogenic Linear Actuators by Using Novel Intermetallic Compounds Completed 3 Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices University of Connecticut
Magnetic De-spinning of Space Objects, Year 1 Completed 2 — Kennedy Space Center
Ultralight Thermal Protection System (U-TPS) Completed 3 Measurement and Control Marshall Space Flight Center
Novel Mechanical Optical Beam-steering for Lidar Completed 4 Optical Components Goddard Space Flight Center
In-Situ Consolidation of Triaxially Braided Thermoplastic Composites, Year 2 Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Glenn Research Center
LauncherOne Small Launch Vehicle Propulsion Advancement Completed 6 — Virgin Orbit
Ground Contact Force Characterization Rig for ISRU Modeling and Tool Development Tasks Completed 3 Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation Glenn Research Center
High Specific Impulse Electrospray Propulsion for High Delta-V Deep Space Missions Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion University of Southern California
Aligned Carbon Nanotube Tape for Sensor Technology Completed 3 — Marshall Space Flight Center
Global Measurement of Martian Winds, Feasible Approaches and Future Needs / Strategies Completed 3 Measurement and Control Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Radionuclide Absorption Demonstration System Completed 4 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Stennis Space Center
DLR's COMARS+ sensor suite for New Frontiers-4 and Discovery Competed Missions - Phase A Development Completed 3 Test Instruments and Sensors Ames Research Center
Development of Novel Particle Impact Tester for Oxygen Rich Turbo Machinery Materials and Coating Evaluation Completed 2 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Johnson Space 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.