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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 →

21,052 projects harvested so far — page 230 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Modeling and Controls for Synthetic Jet-Based Active Flow Control Completed 5 Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Actasys, Inc.
Capacitance Based Combined Single and Two Phase Mass Flow Meter for Cryogenic Hydrogen Completed 5 Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management Tech4Imaging, LLC
Long-Range Terrain Characterization for Productive Regolith Excavation Completed 3 Object, Event, and Activity Recognition Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
Relative Orientation and Navigation (RONin) System Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Toyon Research Corporation
Laser Sources for Frequency Calibration of Far-Infrared Spectrometers Completed 4 Lasers LongWave Photonics, LLC
Extreme Temperature Radiation Tolerant Instrumentation for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines Completed 5 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.
Polarization Entangled Photon Pair Source for Space-Based Quantum Communication Completed 3 Revolutionary PNT Technologies ADVR, Inc.
Dispersion Strengthened Refractory Metal Claddings for NTP Completed 3 Materials for Extreme Environments Plasma Processes, LLC
Intelligent Medical Crew Assistant (IMCA) Completed 4 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Tietronix Software, Inc.
Nonflammable Crew Clothing Utilizing Phosphorus-Based Fire-Retardant Materials Completed 6 Protective Clothing and Breathing Apparatuses Innosense Corporation
Optical Line Filter and Spectrometer based Upon Two-Photon Absorption for Doppler LIDAR at 1.053 um Completed 3 Lasers EspyLux LLC
Predicting Hall Thruster Operational Lifetime Using a Kinetic Plasma Model and a Molecular Dynamics Simulation Method Completed 4 Electrostatic Propulsion Tech-X Corporation
Rad-Hard Sigma-Delta 3-Channel ADC for Fluxgate Magnetometers Completed 5 High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Pacific Microchip Corporation
Resin Infusion Fabrication of nanostructured PMC Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials Materials Modification, Inc.
Novel Fluid Preservation System Completed 5 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis ChromoLogic, LLC
Snap Freezer for ISS Completed 5 Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery Redwire Space Technologies, Inc.
Enhanced Carbon Nanotube Ultracapacitors Completed 4 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Scientic, Inc.
Augmented Reality Navigation Application For Space Habitats Completed 3 Quantum Computer Aster Labs, Inc.
A Two-Phase Pumped Loop Evaporator with Adaptive Flow Distribution for Large Area Cooling Completed 6 Heat Transport Creare, LLC
Optical Precision Deployment Latch Completed 6 Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices Physical Sciences, Inc.
Application of Machine-learning Algorithms for On-board Asteroid Shape Model Determination and Spacecraft Navigation Completed 5 Onboard Navigation Algorithms University of Arizona
Integrated Inflatable Ballute for Planetary Entry Completed 3 Aerodynamic Decelerators CFD Research Corporation
Industrial Electrostatic-Gecko Gripper Completed 6 Above-Surface Mobility Somatis Sensor Solutions
InTILF Method for Analysis of Polished Mirror Surfaces Completed 3 Mirror Systems Second Star Algonumerix
Low-Stress Silicon Cladding for Surface Finishing Large UVOIR Mirrors Completed 5 Mirror Systems ZeCoat Corporation
Active Matrix Programmable Mirror Completed 3 Mirror Systems Obsidian Sensors
OpenSWIFT-SDR for STRS Completed 5 Cognitive Networking Tethers Unlimited Inc
Nanotechnology based X-ray Detectors for Space Observations Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Guardion, Inc.
Polarimetric Multiwavelength Focal Plane Arrays for ACE and CLARREO Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Phoebus Optoelectronics, LLC
A Modular In-Situ Curing Apparatus for Thermoset Resin Mixtures Applied as Thermal Protection Systems Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc.
Polymer Coating-Based Contaminant Control/Elimination for Exo-S Starshade Probe Completed 4 Optical Components Photonic Cleaning Technologies, LLC
Achromatic Vector Vortex Waveplates for Coronagraphy Completed 5 Mirror Systems BEAM Engineering for Advanced Measurements
An Advanced Anode Electrocatalysis Concept for Direct Methane SOFC Systems Completed 5 Dynamic Energy Conversion Lynntech, Inc.
AcTOR: Aircraft Trajectory Optimization Resolver Completed 4 Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles Sonalysts, Inc.
Ada Phase I Completed 4 Collaborative Science and Engineering Soar Technology, Inc.
Portable Spectroscopic Scanning Electron Microscope on ISS: In-Situ Nanostructural/Chemical Analysis for Critical Vehicle Systems Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Mochii, Inc., D/B/A Voxa
Precision In-Space Manufacturing for Structurally-Connected Space Interferometry Completed 3 Optical Components Made in Space, Inc.
SmallSat Low Mass, Extreme Low Temperature Energy Storage Completed 5 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Advanced material and structural design of a lightweight stiff mounting system for a 50kW-class photovoltaic array Completed 3 Lightweight Concepts PVT Clean Energy LLC
Identification of Landing Gear Aeroacoustic Noise Sources with the Synthetic Array Technique Completed 5 Aeroacoustics Innovative Technology Applications Co.
Parahydrogen-Orthohydrogen Catalytic Conversion for Cryogenic Propellant Passive Heat Shielding Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Ultramet
Predictor of Airport Runway Capacity (PARC) Completed 4 Traffic Management Concepts Architecture Technology Corporation
Improved CVD Coatings for Carbide Based Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Elements Completed 4 Solar Thermal Propulsion Technology Assessment & Transfer, Inc.
Proximity Glare Suppression using Carbon Nanotubes Completed 6 Lambda Consulting/Advanced Nanophotonics
An Uninhabited Aerial System Safety Analysis Model (USAM) Completed 3 Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards Intelligent Automation, Inc.
Process and Tool Innovation for CAD Integration with OLTARIS Completed 6 Space Weather Prediction XL Scientific, LLC
Proximity Glare Suppression for Astronomical Coronagraphy Completed 4 Optical Components Nanohmics, Inc.
Mass-Optimized UltraFlex Solar Array with Integrated IMM Cell Flexible Blanket Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc
Lunar Truss Design and Construction Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Bond Technologies, Inc
Networked ATM for Efficient Routing Completed 2 Quantum Communications Robust Analytics
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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.
💻 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.