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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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21,172 projects harvested so far — page 199 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
MAGE: Teaching AI to Manage Airspace Complexity, Part 2 Completed 4 Anomaly Detection Langley Research Center 2025-12-18 —
Novel Instrument Suite for Martian Environment Completed 4 Electronics Ames Research Center 2025-12-18 —
Mars Technology Demonstration Support Canceled 6 — Johnson Space Center 2025-12-18 —
Reversibly Assembling Materials as Recyclable Feedstocks for In-Space Manufacturing: Simulation and Experiment Completed 2 Computational Materials Ames Research Center 2025-12-18 —
Novel Musculoskeletal Loading and Assessment System (MLS), Year 2 Completed 6 — Johnson Space Center 2025-12-18 —
HI-C LITE: Heating Integrated and Compliant Lightweight Intelligent Tool End-effector Completed 4 Grappling Technologies Langley Research Center 2025-12-18 —
Solar Thermal Propulsion Heat Shield Coating Development Completed 3 Solar Thermal Propulsion Ames Research Center 2025-12-18 —
Inside-Out Manufacturing of Composite Structures Project Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Johnson Space Center 2025-12-18 —
Materials on International Space Station Experiment – X (MISSE-X) Completed 7 Materials for Extreme Environments Langley Research Center 2025-12-19 —
Autonomous Aerial Cargo Operations at Scale Completed 1 Traffic Management Concepts The University of Texas at Austin 2025-12-23 —
Mobility-Energy-Coordinated Platform for Infrastructure Planning to Support AAM Aircraft Operations (MECPIP) Completed 1 Architectures and Infrastructure New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2026-01-04 —
Characterize High-Strain-Rate Behavior of Structural Materials Completed — — — 2026-01-10 —
Advanced Rotating Detonation Variant Additive Rocket Chamber (ARDVARC-ACO) Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion IN Space, LLC 2026-01-12 —
Environmental Ice Simulator (EIS) Active 3 Environment Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-01-15 High
Ultra-Compact Space Flight Lasers for Handheld, Rover and Drone Applications Active 3 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-01-15 High
Advanced Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOF-MS) Active 2 In Situ Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-01-15 High
Miniature Capacitive Discharge Ignition (M-CDI) (M-CDI) Completed 3 Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management Wallops Flight Facility 2026-01-16 —
Lunar CubeSat Mass Spectrometer with LETS Radiation Sensor Completed 4 In Situ Instruments and Sensors California Institute of Technology 2026-01-22 —
Adapting the Compact Integrated Raman Spectrometer (CIRS) for Lunar Exploration (CIRS) Completed 5 In Situ Instruments and Sensors California Institute of Technology 2026-01-22 —
Compact, Robust Pump for Deep Subsurface Ice Penetration Completed 3 Below-Surface Mobility Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Computational Pixel Imager (CPI) Readout Integrated Circuits for Next Generation High Performance and Low SWaP Sensors Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Copious Imaging, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Castable Inorganic Composite Potting Material for High-Temperature Electromagnets Completed 6 Electrostatic Propulsion HiFunda, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Flight Control Design and Multidisciplinary Optimization Completed 5 Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling Bechamo, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Next generation HgCdTe FPAs for high frame rate characterization of thermal protective systems Completed 4 Atmosphere Characterization EPIR, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
3D Integrated Memristor Chip for Neuromorphic Processing Completed 4 Cognitive Networking Prixarc, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Carbonaceous Asteroid Volatile Recovery (CAVoR) system Completed 4 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Pioneer Astronautics 2026-01-22 —
A Low Noise, Low Power, Cryogenic Differential Amplifier for Reducingthe Timing Jitter in Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors Completed 4 Detector Development Cosmic Microwave Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Autonomous Payload Operations on the Lunar Gateway Completed 3 Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Laser-Doppler-Anemometry Assisted Hypercognitive Manufacturing in Microgravity Completed 4 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Apsidal, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multifunctional Polyolefin Matrix Composite Structures Completed 5 Protection Systems TDA Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Hosted Communications Payload to Leverage Commercial LEO Constellations Completed 4 Optimetrics Space Micro, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
An Intelligent Consumables Management System Development Framework based on Artificial Intelligence Techniques Completed 4 Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Improved Metal-Polymeric Laminate Radiation Shielding Completed 5 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Powdermet, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fiber-Coupled Spectrometer for TPS Materials Completed 6 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Space Facility for Orbital Remote Manufacturing (SPACEFORM) Completed 5 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing FOMS, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Novel Microfluidic Advances Enabling Autonomous, Long-Duration, Analysis of Nitrite/Nitrate Completed 4 Environment Sensors Leiden Measurement Technology, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Statistical Decision Support Tools for System-Oriented Runway Management Completed 7 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Autonomous Swarming for Teams of Exploration Robots (ASTER) Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Charles River Analytics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Human Automation Teaming Testbed for Multi-UAS Management (M-HATT) Completed 3 Multimodal and Proximate Interaction Human Automation Teaming Solutions, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Infusion Resins for Automated Dry Fiber Placement Products Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials Applied Poleramic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fiber Optic Shape Sensing for Tethered Marsupial Rovers Completed 5 Sensing for Robotic Systems Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Bi-Fold Fan DragSail with Surface Area Modulation Capability Completed 3 Passive Reentry Systems for SmallSats Nexolve Holding Company, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Tiled Silicon-Photomultiplier Array Read-Out Integrated Circuit Completed 5 Lasers Freedom Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Compact 2-Micron Transmitter for Remote Sensing Applications Completed 4 Field and Particle Detectors Beyond Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
High Performance Configurable Electrical Power System for LEO Missions Completed 3 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Energy Efficient High-Throughput Neuromorphic Processor for Deep Reinforcement Learning Completed 4 Cognitive Networking Prixarc, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Autonomous Docking Operations For A Novel In-Space Assembly Connector Completed 3 Rendezvous and Docking Algorithms SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. (SEI) 2026-01-22 —
A Scalable Semantics-Based Verification System for Flight Critical Software Completed 7 Robot Software Runtime Verification Inc 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Tethersonde for High-Speed Flux Measurements Completed 5 Aeroacoustics Anasphere, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Intelligent Photonic Micro-Sensor Network for Rocket Propulsion Ground Testing Completed 3 Wireless Avionics Technologies Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation 2026-01-22 —
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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.
  • Contribution potential is our estimate, not NASA data: an Active project at a low TRL has more room for outside research involvement than a flight-proven one. High = Active + TRL 1-3, Medium = Active + TRL 4-6, Low = Active + TRL 7-9. "Active" does not mean NASA is seeking external contributors or that funding exists — treat this purely as a shortlisting aid.
  • Last updated is TechPort's own lastUpdated date for the project. "Recently harvested" instead sorts by when we pulled the record into our database, which clusters within the initial harvest window and is far less meaningful — prefer "Recently updated (NASA)".
💻 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.