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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 22 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
High Heat Flux Electronics Cooling Cycle, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Cryogenic Flow Sensor for Densified and Two Phase Flows (Cryometer), Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Stennis Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Advanced Volumetric Visualization Using CBDs for Aviation Range Safety and Air T, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Development of an End-to-End Active Debris Removal (ADR) Mission Strategic Plan Completed 2 Targeting Algorithms Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
High Temperature Polyimides for Resin Transfer Molding Process, Phase II Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Micro Plasma Spectrometer (MIPS) Completed 5 Thermal Protection Systems Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Longitudinal Proximity Effect Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (LoPE TES) Completed 1 Quantum Communications Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Ultra Compact, Lightweight, Space-Borne Cryocoolers, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Enhanced Blackbody Sensors for the Quench Module Insert, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Marshall Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
High Efficiency, High Temperature Foam Core Heat Exchanger for Fission Surface Power Systems, Phase I Completed — Solar Sails Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Real-Time Probabilistic Structural Health Management Using Machine Learning and GPU Computing Project Completed 2 Test, Operations, and Systems Safety Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Real-Time Aerospace Diagnostics Toolkit, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Armstrong Flight Research Center 2018-10-10 —
CubeSat Storage and Communications Card (C-SaCC) Completed 2 High-Speed Onboard Interconnects and Networks Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Self-Calibrating Vector Magnetometer, Phase II Completed — Field and Particle Detectors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
High-Resolution and Lightweight X-ray Optics for the X-Ray Surveyor Completed 4 Mirror Systems Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
New and Improved Classifiers for Fault Diagnosis, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Lunar Autonomous Automatic Surface Navigation System, Phase I Completed — State Estimation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Laboratory Study of Magnetohydrodynamic and Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Rotating Flows Relevant to Astrophysical Disks Completed — Thermal Protection Analysis — 2018-10-10 —
A Reusable, Oxidizer-Cooled, Hybrid Aerospike Rocket Motor for Flight Test, Phase II Completed — Hybrids Armstrong Flight Research Center 2018-10-10 —
High Performance Programmable Transceiver, Phase I Completed — Optimetrics Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
In-Situ Extreme Environment Isotope Ratiometer, Phase II Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Handheld CAT Video Game, Phase I Completed — Behavioral Health and Performance Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Next Generation Data Management of Large-Scale CFD Simulations, Phase I Completed — Decompression Sickness Mitigation Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Integral Precision Wavefront Correcting Optics for Coronagraphy Completed — Mirror Systems — 2018-10-10 —
Intelligent Wireless Sensor Communication for Health Monitoring, Phase II Completed — Reliability and Sustainment Stennis Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Evaluation of High Pressure Pump On a Chip Technology Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Technology Advancements Enabling FPI v2.0 (FPIv2.0) Completed 3 Field and Particle Detectors Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Micro Pulsed Inductive Thruster with Solid Fuel Option (uPIT_SF), Phase I Completed — Electromagnetic Propulsion Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Ka-Band PAA for Satellite Telemetry System for RLVs & Aircraft, Phase I Completed — Innovative Antennas Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Improvements to the ACATS Lidar and Development of a NASA Field Campaign Concept Completed 6 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Tunable, High Power Fiber Optic Laser for Lidar Applications, Phase II Completed — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Large Inflatable Self-Rigidizing Polymer Film Structures, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Evolution of the 'Trick' Dynamic Software Executive and Model Libraries for Reusable Flight Software, Phase I Completed 3 Mission Planning and Design Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Transoner Power Transfer for TWT Power Systems, Phase II Completed — Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Ultra Wide band Water Sensor, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Stennis Space Center 2018-10-10 —
High Pressure Micro-Sampling System for In Situ Deep Subsurface Measurements, Phase II Completed — Measurement and Control Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Elastomeric Dampers Derived From First-Principles-Based Analytical Simulation, Phase I Completed — Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Compact Fluidic Actuator Arrays for Flow Control, Phase II Completed — Aeroelasticity Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
A High Resolution Ultra-wide FOV Telepresence Display, Phase II Completed — Informatics and Decision Support Systems Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Autonomous Tethered Corer for Deep Drilling, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Automated Analysis of Imaging Based Experiments, Phase II Completed — Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Networks in Organizational Risk Management, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Tunable, Narrow Line Width Mid-Infrared Laser Source, Phase I Completed — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Flexible Composites for Space Completed 2 Flexible Material Systems Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Spacecraft Cabin Particulate Monitor, Phase I Completed — Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Intent Inference Algorithm, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Solid Waste Compaction and Dehumidification System, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Passive/Active Imaging Spectroscopy tools for in vivo detection of Plant Transformation Events and M, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Spacecraft Formation Control with Direct Interferometer-Output Feedback, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
BioChar Amendments for Improved Plant Microbiome and Crop Health Completed 2 Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
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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.