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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 →

21,176 projects harvested so far — page 228 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Absolute Wavelength Control of Lasers for Active Sensing in Space Completed 4 Lasers Vescent Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Security-Enhanced Autonomous Network Management for Space Networking Completed 3 Cognitive Networking Intelligent Automation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Cross-Layer Wide-Band Cognitive Communications Architecture Enabled by Intelligent Direct Digital Transceiver (CLAIRE) Completed 5 Cognitive Networking AiRANACULUS 2026-01-22 —
Dust Mitigation for the Lunar Surface Completed — Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Adherent Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Silver Biocide Analysis & Control Device Completed 6 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Environmental and Life Support Tech. 2026-01-22 —
Operation-Aware ISHM for Environmental Control and Life Support in Deep Space Habitants Completed 4 Habitation Systems Global Technology Connection, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Verification & Validation of Complex Autonomy Concepts Using the Cloud Completed 4 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Crown Consulting, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Compact Laser for In-Situ Compositional Analysis Completed 6 Lasers Q-Peak, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Compact Sensor for Isotope and Trace Gas Analysis Completed 6 Optical Components Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI) 2026-01-22 —
Ecosystem for Early Feedback-Driven HEC Code Development Completed 3 Collaborative Science and Engineering RNET Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low-SWaP and Low-Cost Autonomous Landing Area Confirmation Scan (AutoLACS) Tool Completed 4 Materials for Extreme Environments Barron Associates, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
MEMS Gyroscope with Interferometric Detection Completed 3 Launch, Recovery, and Reuse Fine Structure Technology LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multiphase Hypergolic Combustion Simulation Tool Based on Algebraic VOF and Compressible Flamelet Methodologies Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Streamline Numerics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Radiation Hard Monolithic SDRAM to Support DDR2 and DDR3 Architectures Completed 4 Hazard Assessment Space Micro, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Torrefaction Processing for Human Solid Waste Management Completed — Waste Management Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Cellular Load Responsive MLI: Structural In-Air and In-Space LH2 Insulation Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Quest Thermal Group 2026-01-22 —
Type II SLS Materials Development for Space-based FPA Applications Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes IntelliEPI IR, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
6 CFM Electrochemical Hydrogen Pump and Compressor Completed 8 Commodity Recovery Skyre, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Multi-Depth Underwater Spectroradiometer for Validation of Remotely-Sensed Ocean Color and Estimation of Seawater Biogeochemical Properties Completed 7 Surface Mobility Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI) 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Use Passive RFID Sensor Tag System for NASA Completed 5 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors New Jersey Microsystems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Lightweight, Low-Power Cryogenic Valve for Orbital Propellant Management Completed 4 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
DoseShield Packaging for Improved Pharmaceutical Protection in Space Completed 3 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Luna Labs USA, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Purpose X-ray System Completed 5 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Stellarray, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Sigma-Netics Sensor Support Electronics (SN:SSE) Completed 4 Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL Sigma-Netics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fully-Automated, Agricultural Application using Unmanned Aircraft Completed 4 Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
PowerCube: Integrated Power, Propulsion, and Pointing for CubeSats Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
Prototype Carbon Nanotube Ultracapacitor Completed 6 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Scientic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High QE Type II SLS Materials for FPA Applications Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes IntelliEPI IR, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Magnetically Geared Aircraft Drivetrain Completed 5 Hybrid Electric Systems FluxMagic 2026-01-22 —
Pyrometer for Regolith-extracted Oxygen Completed 4 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Hedgefog Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Next-Generation Deformable Mirrors for Astronomical Coronagraphy by Utilizing PMN-PT Single Crystal Stack Actuators in integration with Driver ASIC Completed 3 Optical Components Microscale, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Long Term Cell Culture Monitoring System Completed 4 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Wainamics Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Customizable InterSystem Wireless Data/Energy Transfer (CUSTOS-WiT) System Completed 4 Distribution and Transmission American GNC Corporation 2026-01-22 —
An Autonomous Severe Weather Trend Monitor for Improved System-Wide TFM Execution Completed 4 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies AvMet Applications 2026-01-22 —
Low-Risk Approach to High-Payoff Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites Completed 4 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Advanced Ceramic Fibers, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Vision-Based Navigation for Formation Flight onboard ISS Completed 5 Relative Navigation Sensors Jaycon Systems 2026-01-22 —
Fast-Light Enhanced Fiber Gyroscope Completed 5 Navigation Sensors MagiQ Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Ultra-low-loss Millimeter-Wave Holographic Antennas for CubeSat Remote Sensing Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Astrabeam LLC 2026-01-22 —
Perception and Navigation for Exploration of Shadowed Domains Completed 3 Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Intact.Generative: A Plug&Play Approach for Topology Optimization of Thermal Control Systems Completed 6 Heat Transport Intact Solutions 2026-01-22 —
Energy Production for Sustainable Planetary Explorations Completed 3 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation LC Tech 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Sensors for the Evaluation of Structural Integrity of Inflatable Habitats Completed 5 Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Automated Carbon Formation Reactor Completed 5 Atmosphere Revitalization PH Matter, LLC 2026-01-22 —
A Modular Swarm Optimization Framework Enabling Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Path Planning Completed 4 Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Heron Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Coupled System for Assessing the Threat of Solar Energetic Particle Events Completed 5 Space Weather Prediction Predictive Science, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Compact Wireless EVA Communications System (CWECS) Completed 5 Informatics and Decision Support Systems Innoflight, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Cloud Droplet Characterization System for Unmanned Aircraft Completed 7 Lasers Mesa Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Next Generation Water Recovery for a Sustainable Closed Loop Living Completed 5 Water Recovery and Management Faraday Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
More Than 1,000 W/kg Rad-Hard, High-Voltage PV Blanket at Less Than $50/W IMM Cell Cost Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Mark O'Neill, LLC 2026-01-22 —
High Efficiency and Power Laser Transmitter for Deep Space Communications Completed 6 Lasers Freedom Photonics, 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.