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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.

What's active and early-stage — where getting involved could matter →

21,172 projects harvested so far — page 221 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Low Cost Automated Manufacture of PV Array Technology (P-NASA12-007-1) Completed 5 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc 2026-01-22 —
A Software Toolkit to Accelerate Emission Predictions for Turboelectric/Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion Completed 5 Hybrid Electric Systems Combustion Research and Flow Technology 2026-01-22 —
Manufacturing For Design of Titanium Alloys Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Transition45 Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Neuromorphic Spacecraft Fault Monitor Completed 6 Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Exploration Institute, LLC 2026-01-22 —
A General Purpose Software Toolkit for Robot Control and Application Programming Completed 6 — TRACLabs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Sigma as an Augmented Cognitive Architecture for Human Exploration Missions Beyond Cislunar Orbit Completed 4 Learning and Adaptation nFlux 2026-01-22 —
Numerical Simulation of Fields in Cavities with Detailed Antenna Modeling Completed 7 Innovative Antennas Electro Magnetic Applications 2026-01-22 —
Passive, Reliable, and Robust Water Recovery from Brine Completed 6 Water Recovery and Management IRPI, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Reagent Regenerative Microgravity Compatible Inorganic Ion Analyzer Completed 3 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Lynntech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Power SM Fiber Connectors Completed 3 Lasers Q-Peak, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Unsteady Turbulent Combustion Simulation Capability for Space Propulsion Systems Completed 5 Cryogenic Analysis, Safety, and Properties Streamline Numerics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Tunable Single Frequency 2.05 Micron Fiber Laser Using New Ho-Doped Fiber Completed — Lasers AdValue Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Design Tool for Highly Accurate Shape and Structural Evaluation of Space Antennas and Structures made with Tailorable Composites - SMART Completed 5 Lightweight Concepts L'Garde, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Hybrid Rocket Motor for CubeSats Completed 5 Hybrids Ames Research Center 2026-01-22 —
Acoustic Reduction of Flow Separation Completed 5 Ground and Flight Test Technologies Lynntech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Cubesat Hyperspectral Imager Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Nanohmics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Affordable Practical High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Concentrator Blanket Assembly for Ultra-Lightweight Solar Arrays Completed 6 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
BRoad Advanced Intelligent Networked (BRAIN) System Completed 5 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors American GNC Corporation 2026-01-22 —
3D Manufacturing of Integrated Heat Exchangers Completed 6 Manufacturing Processes Polaronyx, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Sensor Ensemble Aerosol Assimilation - CERES, MODIS and VIIRS Completed 9 Science, Engineering, and Mission Data Life Cycle Tech-X Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Resolution Deep Learning for Land Use Applications Completed 5 Intelligent Data Understanding GeoVisual Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Automated Radiation Measurements for Aviation Safety (ARMAS) Completed 7 Field and Particle Detectors Space Environment Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Laser Transmitter for Space-Based Atmospheric and Oceanographic LIDAR Completed 5 Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Reversible Adhesion Concept for In-Space Assembly Completed 6 — ATSP Innovations 2026-01-22 —
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Planetary Surface Mobility Completed 4 Robot Navigation and Path Planning Protoinnovations, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Virtual Team Training Engine and Evaluation Framework Completed 6 Prevention and Countermeasures GameSim Technologies Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Mobile Platform Augmented Reality for Enhanced Operations on the International Space Station Completed 5 Remote Interaction Tietronix Software, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Iodine Hollow Cathode Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion Plasma Controls, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Mass Production of Mature Lunar Regolith Simulant Completed 6 Surface Construction and Assembly Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Acoustic Detection, Ranging and Improved Situational Awareness System Completed 6 Aeroacoustics Scientific Applications & Research Associates, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
The Conductive Thermal Control Material Systems for Space Applications Completed 7 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Applied Material Systems Engineering, Inc. (AMSENG) 2026-01-22 —
Mini Fourier-Transform Spectrometer (FTS) for CubeSat-Based Remote Sensing Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-01-22 —
Record-SWaP Photonic Cognitive System: Photonic Tensor Cores for Spacecraft & Autonomous Systems Data Processing Completed 5 High-Performance Memories Optelligence, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multi-kW Uplink Fiber-Laser Beacon with Agile Signal Format Completed 5 Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Aerogel-Filled Foam Core Insulation for Cryogenic Propellant Storage, Phase II Completed 5 Ground Testing and Operations Ultramet 2026-01-22 —
Metal Matrix Composite Enchanced Aluminum Structures Completed 6 Manufacturing Processes Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. 2026-01-22 —
Carbon Foam Self-Heated Tooling for Out-of-Autoclave Composites Manufacturing Completed — Manufacturing Processes Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. 2026-01-22 —
Gust Load Estimation and Rejection With Application to Robust Flight Control Design for HALE Aircraft Completed 3 Aeroelasticity Systems Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Electrochemical Peroxide Generation Completed 4 Habitation Systems Faraday Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Polyoxometalate and Zirconium-Phosphate Conversion Coating for Steel Piping Completed 4 Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation International Scientific Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Vapor Cooled Structure MLI: Efficient Vapor Cooling of Structural Elements Completed 4 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Quest Thermal Group 2026-01-22 —
Turbulence Awareness for Strategic Aircraft Re-Routing (TASAR-R) Completed 2 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies The Innovation Laboratory, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Energy Density Lithium-Sulfur Battery with Improved Cycle Life Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Giner, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Rapid Concentration for Improved Detection of Microbes in ISS Potable Water Completed 5 Water Recovery and Management InnovaPrep, LLC 2026-01-22 —
High-Speed, Noninvasive, Multi-Parameter Laser Diagnostics for Transonic Flows Completed — Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies Spectral Energies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Highly Sensitive Flash LADAR Camera Completed 5 Touchdown Systems Voxtel, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Processing Unit (PPU) for Hall Effect Thrusters Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Particle Phase Spectrometer for Cloud Microphysics Research Completed 7 Field and Particle Detectors SPEC, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Adaptive Augmented Reality Eabled Electronic Procedure Toolset Completed 5 Human Factors Engineering Tietronix Software, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
New Wireless Sensors for Diagnostics Under Harsh Environments Completed 4 Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring Krystal Engineering LLC 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.