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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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12,851 projects harvested so far — page 2 of 258.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) Completed 6 Optimetrics Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Demonstration of an Ultra-Low Divergence Angle Gridded Ion Thruster Completed 3 Electromagnetic Propulsion Glenn Research Center
New Control Algorithm Development of Fast Steering Mirrors for Picometer Line-Of-Sight Completed 4 Mirror Systems Goddard Space Flight Center
Scalable Self-Assembling Spacecraft / Satellite Structure System (S6) Completed 4 — Ames Research Center
In-Space Assembly of Perovskite Solar Cells for Very Large Arrays: Space power at terrestrial costs Completed 4 Energy Storage Glenn Research Center
Evaluation of Carbon Composite Overwrap Pressure Vessels Fabricated using Ionic Liquid Epoxies Completed 6 — Marshall Space Flight Center
Revolutionary Deployable Optics Completed 3 Mirror Systems Langley Research Center
Acidic Aerosol Separator Apparatus (ASA) For Venus Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (VAMS), Year 1 Completed 3 In Situ Instruments and Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Medium-scale deployment and technology maturation of game changing usage of the US high-voltage power transmission grid as a space weather antenna Completed 4 — Goddard Space Flight Center
Assistive Free-Flyers with Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Appendages for Automated Logistics in Space Completed 4 Grappling Technologies Stanford University
Sensitive, selective nanoantenna-based biosensor platform for compact, in-situ exo-life detection and astronaut life support Completed 4 Sample Acquisition and Handling Glenn Research Center
Crystal Shielding for Space Radiation Completed 2 Protection Systems Langley Research Center
A Plasma Aerocapture and Entry System for Manned Missions and Planetary Deep Space Orbiters Completed 3 Field and Particle Detectors MSNW, LLC
Patterned Magnetic Hold-Separate Tech Ph2 Completed — Separation Systems Armstrong Flight Research Center
Novel Material Systems and Methodologies for Transient Thermal Management, Year 1 (RPT & CIF) Completed 3 — Kennedy Space Center
Nuclear Propulsion and Power Non-Nuclear Test Facility: Preliminary Analysis and Feasibility Assessment Project, Year 1 (NP2NTF) Completed 5 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Stennis Space Center
Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) Nozzle Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Glenn Research Center
A Conceptual Design and Concept of Operations for Intermittent Short-Radius Centrifugation for Artificial Gravity Completed 3 Transformative Health and Performance Concepts University of Colorado Boulder
Life Support Systems: Oxygen Generation and Recovery Active 4 Atmosphere Revitalization Johnson Space Center
Swarm Flyby Gravimetry Completed 3 Above-Surface Mobility Johns Hopkins University
Concentrated Solar Regolith Additive Manufacturing Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials Colorado School of Mines
Metal Matrix Composites for On-orbit and On-surface Services in Extreme Space Environment, Year 1 (MOOSE) Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials Langley Research Center
Astrophysics and Technical Study of a Solar Neutrino Spacecraft Completed 3 Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management Wichita State University
Lunar Surface VR/ARGOS Trainer Completed 7 Simulation-Based Training and Decision Support Systems Johnson Space Center
Enabling Sustained Presence Using Recyclables (ESPUR) Completed 4 Special Materials Langley Research Center
Deep Network Radiative Transfer: A Revolution in Imaging Spectrometer Atmospheric Correction, Year 1 Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Coherent Search of Multi-Detector Gamma-ray Data Completed 2 Science, Engineering, and Mission Data Life Cycle Marshall Space Flight Center
Cavehopping Exploration of Planetary Skylights and Tunnels Completed 3 Below-Surface Mobility Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
High Power Electric Propulsion (HPEP) Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion Johnson Space Center
Non-Contact Eddy Current Manipulation in Microgravity Environments Completed 3 Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility Cornell University
Next-generation satellite-based lightning imager Completed 3 Optical Components Marshall Space Flight Center
Autonomy Voice Assistants (AVA) Completed 3 Autonomous Systems Stennis Space Center
50% Hydrogen Peroxide - Ethanol Monopropellant Development Completed 3 — Glenn Research Center
3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass and Complexity Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Ames Research Center
Kayhan Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) Mission Concept Study (SSPICY Kayhan) Completed 4 Orbital Debris Characterization Kayhan Space Corp
On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) Architecture Simulation System (OASiS) Completed 2 Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design Langley Research Center
Improved Channel Decoders and New Low-Rate Codes for Space Communications Completed 3 Optical Communications Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Acoustic Characterization and Database of Noise Control Treatments Completed 4 Structures Glenn Research Center
Long Life Electric Propulsion for ESPA Class Spacecraft Completed 4 Electrostatic Propulsion Glenn Research Center
Fast Optical Emission Spectroscopy for Plasma Modeling and Hall Thruster Development Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion University of Southern California
Laser Metrology Edge Sensors Completed 3 Structures and Antennas Goddard Space Flight Center
Multiscale Modeling of 3D Woven Composite Structures Optimized to Minimize Process-Induced Damage Completed 2 Computational Materials University of Massachusetts-Lowell
3D Printed Habitat - On-Site Habitat Competition Completed 3 Surface Construction and Assembly Kennedy Space Center
Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Cycle Design Tool Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Glenn Research Center
Leading Edge Irradiation Assembly (LEIA) Completed 6 Thermal Management Systems Armstrong Flight Research Center
Lightweight and Flexible Metal Halide Perovskite Thin Films for High Temperature Solar Cells Completed 3 Photovoltaic Electrical Power University of Virginia-Main Campus
Small Volume Dual Propulsion System Completed 4 Propulsion Systems Marshall Space Flight Center
Femtosecond laser inscription Completed 3 Optical Components Goddard Space Flight Center
Cleaning Mirrors & Lenses with Electrons (no vacuum chamber required) Completed 4 — Goddard Space Flight Center
Space-Borne Ultra Low Noise Clock and Ground-Space optical clock time transfer for VBLI telescope and High Precision Clock Enabled Astrophysics Completed 3 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight 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.