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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 214 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Additively Manufactured Multi-Material Insert Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Pulsed Radiation-Induced Acoustics for Non-Destructive Testing Completed 3 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Corvid Technologies 2026-01-22 —
Single Fluid Tuned Winding Induction Motors Completed 6 Hybrid Electric Systems CGC Ultramarin, Ltd. 2026-01-22 —
Multifunctional Self-Aligning Reversible Joint Using Space-Qualifiable Structural Fasteners Completed 5 Smart Materials Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
An Extensible Tool for Estimating Space Weather Benchmarks Completed 7 High-Performance Data Analytics Platform Predictive Science, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Microfluidic Multichannel Flow Cytometer Completed — Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Redwire Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Modular, Multi-Channel, High Speed Fiber Optic Sensing System for Acoustic Emissions Monitoring Completed 3 Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation 2026-01-22 —
A New Oxygen Recovery Process to Reduce Waste from Propellant Tanks Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables TDA Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Generation and Adaptive Modification of Anisotropic Meshes Completed 7 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Simmetrix, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Milliarcsecond Small Spacecraft Attitude Control System Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion Busek Company, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Flexible Interconnecting NodEs for In-Space Structural Assembly (FINESS) Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials Roccor, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Hybrid Heat Pipes for High Heat Flux Applications Completed — Heat Acquisition Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Software-Defined Near-Earth Space Transceiver (SD-NEST) Completed 6 — Space Micro, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
MakerSat Completed 4 — Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
World-Class Visualizations in GMAT Completed — Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies Emergent Space Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Monolithic Truss Segment Completed 4 Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces Opterus Research and Development, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Composite Truss (ACT) Printing for Large Solar Array Structures Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes San Diego Composites, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Inexpensive Fault Tolerant Composable Unmanned Aircraft Systems Avionics Completed 7 Robot Software Windhover Labs 2026-01-22 —
Context-Augmented Robotic Interaction Layer (CARIL) Phase II Completed 6 Multimodal and Proximate Interaction CHI Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Miniature Compressor for In-Situ Resource Utilization on Mars Completed 4 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multifunction Lidar for Air Data and Kinetic Air Hazard Measurement Completed 4 Engine Icing Ophir Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Electromagnetic Rotor Torque Check Completed 3 Solids Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Low-Cost, Multi-Functional Sensor Network System for Intelligent Vehicle Health Assessments Completed 4 Reliability and Sustainment X-wave Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Optoelectronic Infrastructure for RF/Optical Phased Arrays Completed 5 Optimetrics ODIS, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Primary Cell Model Completed 6 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integrated MLI: Advanced Thermal Insulation for Propellant Storage and Transfer Testbed Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Quest Thermal Group 2026-01-22 —
High-Repetition-Rate, Narrow-Linewidth Burst-Mode Optical Parametric Oscillator for High-Speed Flow and Combustion Diagnostics Completed 5 Flight and Ground Testing Methodologies Spectral Energies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Machine Learning of Multi-Modal Influences on Airport Delays Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies The Innovation Laboratory, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Software for the Rapid Comparative Design of Solar Arrays Completed 4 Tools and Methodologies for Vehicle and Concept Definition Activities TentGuild Engineering Company 2026-01-22 —
Wireless SAW Interrogator and Sensor System Completed 3 Environment Sensors Mnemonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Industrial Crystallization Facility for Nonlinear Optical Materials Completed 6 Special Materials Made in Space, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Large Area Diamond Tribological Surfaces with Negligible Wear in Extreme Environments Completed 4 Trajectory Design and Analysis Diamond Materials, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Differential Diode Laser Sensor for High-Purity Oxygen Completed 3 Lasers MetroLaser, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Ceramic Matrix Composite Environmental Barrier Coating Durability Model Completed 4 Software Modeling and Model Checking Materials Research and Design, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Flexible High Energy Lidar Transmitter for Remote Gas and Wind Sensing Completed 4 Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Airborne High-Dynamic Range Anamorphic Hyperspectral Imager Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Resonon, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low Cost Cryocooler Control Electronics for Small Space Platforms Completed 6 Cryogenic/Thermal Systems Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Micromachined Active Magnetic Regenerator for Low Temperature Magnetic Coolers Completed 5 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Verification and Validation of an Innovative Inflatable Structure Design Completed 3 Certification Methods Paragon Space Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Improved Part-Scale Modeling of Additive Manufacturing Processes Completed 2 Computational Materials QuesTek Innovations, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Variable Surface Area Thermal Radiator Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Connecticut Analytical Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Polymer Nanowire-Based Reversible, and Quasi Real-Time, Ethylene Analyzer Completed 6 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Innosense Corporation 2026-01-22 —
High Chamber Pressure, Light Weight Thrusters Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Weaved Distributed Plastic Optical Fiber Sensor (DIFOS) SHM system Completed 7 Aerodynamic Decelerators Redondo Optics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
LENA Conversion Foils Using Single-Layer Graphene Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Luxel Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Hybrid Nanocomposites for Efficient Aerospace Structures Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Geiger-Mode Avalanche Detector Array for Optical Communications Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Voxtel, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Impact-Resistant, Damage-Tolerant Composites with STF Energy Absorbing Layers Completed 5 Lightweight Structural Materials STF Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Entangled Photon Pair Source Based On Thin-Film Lithium-Niobate-On-Insulator Photonic Integrated Circuits Completed 4 Quantum Communications Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low AC-Loss Superconducting Cable Technology for Electric Aircraft Propulsion Completed 5 Hybrid Electric Systems Hyper Tech Research, Inc. 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.