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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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21,176 projects harvested so far — page 227 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Compact Ultrasensitive Erbium-doped Waveguide Optical Gyros Completed 4 Navigation Sensors Freedom Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Materials Modeling Hub: Interoperable and Collaborative Multi-Scale Modeling Ecosystem for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Management Completed 5 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Materials Data Management, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Torrefaction Processing for Human Solid Waste Management Completed 4 Waste Management Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
ARACMO: Advanced Regolith Anchoring for Cable-assisted Mobility Completed 4 Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
Extended Length Marsupial Rover Sensing Tether Completed 5 Collaborative Mobility Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Adaptive RuGgedized Ubiquitous Sensor Network for Aircraft Health Monitoring (ARGUS-4AHM) System Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies American GNC Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Water Recovery for Regenerative Life Support Systems Completed 4 Water Recovery and Management Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Structurally Embedded Electrospray Thruster for Orbital Debris Reduction Through Enhanced Small Satellite Maneuverability Completed 6 Electrostatic Propulsion Integrated Defense Applications, LLC dba IDA Technology 2026-01-22 —
Under-Rover Ultra-Wide Band Non-Contact Ground Penetrating Radar Antenna Completed 6 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Miniature Laser System for Cs Atom Interferometer Completed 3 Timekeeping and Time Distribution OEwaves, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Coefficient of Performance HgCdTe And Metallic Superlattice-Based Thermoelectric Coolers Completed 6 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines EPIR Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Under-Rover Ultra-Wide Band Non-Contact Ground Penetrating Radar Antenna Completed 6 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Microgravity Granular Material Research (MGMR) Facility for ISS Completed 5 Special Materials Trans Astronautica Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Physics-Based Wing Structure Design, Analysis and Weight Estimation Conceptual Design Tool for Hybrid Electric Distributed Propulsion Completed 3 Science Modeling Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Cold Atom Source System Completed 6 — ColdQuanta, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low-Loss Ferrite Components for NASA Missions Completed 6 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Micro Harmonics Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Radiation-Hard Ka-Band Power Amplifier for CubeSats Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Alphacore, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Flight Dynamic Simulation with Nonlinear Aeroelastic Interaction using the ROM-ROM Procedure Completed 9 Aeroelasticity ZONA Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Radiation-Hardened Wide-Temperature Mixed-Signal Library in a 22nm FDSOI CMOS Process Completed 4 Electronics Alphacore, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low Cost Hybrid Rocket Orbital Transfer Stage Completed 5 Hybrids Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High-Efficiency GaN-Based UV Imaging Photocathodes for Application in Harsh Environments Completed 5 Field and Particle Detectors SVT Associates 2026-01-22 —
Hybrid organic electro-optic modulators for silicon photonic integrated circuits Completed 5 Lasers Nonlinear Materials Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Subsurface Prospecting by Planetary Drones Completed 3 Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Small, Low Mass, Self-Biased Circulators for Aerospace Phased Array Radar Systems Completed 7 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Metamagnetics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Unique, Voltammetric Electrochemical Sensors for Organic Contaminants, with Excellent Discrimination, Based on Conducting Polymer-, Aptamer- and Other-Functionalized Sensing Electrodes Completed 6 Modeling and Simulation for Robots Ashwin-Ushas Corp, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Terahertz Imaging Nondestructive Tomography (TINT) Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Intellisense Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Highly Efficient, Solid State Hydrogen Purification for Resource Recovery Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization — 2026-01-22 —
CubeSat Cryocooler System (CCS) Completed 3 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Iris Technology Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Selective Laser Ablation and Melting Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Universal Technology Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Solar Electric Propulsion Transfer Ring (SEPTR) Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion farSight Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Wide Range Chromatic Interferometric Probe Completed 3 Optical Components OptiPro Systems, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Lunar Lidar Technology for Artemis Human Habitation Completed 4 Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A New Cryocooler for MgB2 Superconducting Systems in Turboelectric Aircraft Completed 4 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Cell Reprogramming Facility Completed 8 Innovative Antennas Redwire Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Weather Sensor and Data Monitoring (WSDM) Service Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Resilienx 2026-01-22 —
Superconducting Electric Boost Pump for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Completed 6 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Solar Blind UV APD based on III-N Material System for UV Spectroscopy and Imaging Applications Completed 2 Optical Components Banpil Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fortran Testing and Refactoring Infrastructure Completed 8 Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards Tech-X Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Alternate Route Availability Tool Completed 3 Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems Mosaic ATM, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Variable-Fidelity Aeroservoelastic Analysis Tool for Concept Evaluation, Design and Wind-Tunnel Test Support Completed 5 High-Performance Processors Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Design Tools for Lightweight Affordable Hybrid Space Exploration Cryotanks Completed 4 Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Zero G Mass Measurement Device (ZGMMD) Completed 7 Detectors and Focal Planes ORBITEC 2026-01-22 —
A Comet Surface Sample Return System Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. 2026-01-22 —
SurveyorBot: A Proof of Value Precursor Mission for Launch / Landing Pad Geotechnical Assessment Completed 3 Destination Resource Exploration Exploration Architecture Corporation (XArc) 2026-01-22 —
Nano-Particle Scandate Cathode for Space Communications Phase 2 Completed 6 Power Efficiency E-beam, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Environmental Mapping Payload Module for Astrobee Completed 4 Collaborative Mobility NK Labs, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Rotating Detonation Engine Novel Injector Design Completed 4 Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fabric, Inflated, Insulating Shroud for Cryogenic In-Space Transportation Completed 4 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Paragon Space Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Spatial Filter Array Completed 7 Detectors and Focal Planes Luminit Government Services 2026-01-22 —
ESPRIT: Exercise Sensing and Pose Recovery Inference Tool Completed 4 Prevention and Countermeasures Intelligent Automation, 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.