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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 234 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Innovative High Energy Density Storage in Nano Vacuum Tubes (NVTs) Designed for Small Leakage Curren Completed 4 Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage Applied Material Systems Engineering, Inc. (AMSENG) 2026-01-22 —
An End-To-End Microfluidic Platform for Engineering Life Supporting Microbes in Space Exploration Missions Completed 6 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables HJ Science & Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Risk Engineering, Sciences, Computation, and Informed Decisions Completed 4 Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Qualtech Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Two-Channel, Fast Time-Response CAPS NOx Monitor Completed 5 Distributed Aperture Aerodyne Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Manufacturing of Bulk Metallic Glass Laminate Composites and Cladded Surfaces using Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes LM Group Holdings, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lander Variable Radiator: High Turndown Spacecraft Radiator for Lunar Lander Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Quest Thermal Group 2026-01-22 —
Small Scroll Pump for Cryogenic Liquids Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Air Squared, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Rad-Hard Sigma-Delta 3-Channel ADC for Fluxgate Magnetometers Completed 2 Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies Pacific Microchip Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Uncertainty Quantification of Representations of Unknown Dynamic Systems through Universal Differential Equations Completed 2 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Elder Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Species Chemical Microsensor For Real Time Cryogenic Purge Line Monitoring Completed 6 Flight and Ground Testing Methodologies Makel Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integrated CubeSat ADACS with Reaction Wheels and Star Tracker Completed 7 Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Sensor Processing and Processors Adcole Maryland Aerospace, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Smart Passively Articulating High-Turndown Radiator (SPAHR) Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Paragon Space Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Multifidelity Robust Aeroelastic Design Completed 4 Aeroelasticity Nielsen Engineering & Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Stress-Matched RF and Thermal Control Coatings for Membrane Antennas Completed 4 Innovative Antennas Surface Optics Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Mobile Passive Optical Imager for Remote Gas Detection Completed 6 Optical Components Boston Applied Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Sustained Low Altitude Lunar Orbital Missions (SLALOMs) Completed 5 Revolutionary PNT Technologies Advanced Space, LLC 2026-01-22 —
High Power Density Induction Motors and Drives for Aircraft Propulsion Completed 4 Hybrid Electric Systems Hyper Tech Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Collaborative Multi-Fidelity Modeling and Architecture for Complex Systems Engineering Completed 5 Model-Based Systems Engineering SynaptiCAD Sales, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Topology Optimization for Design of Highly Tailored Composites for AFP Manufacturing Completed 5 Lightweight Concepts M4 Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Epoxy/UHMWPE Composite Hybridized with Gadolinium Nanoparticles for Space Exploration Completed 4 Protection Systems Amchemteq, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Low-Power Backscatter Networking With Device Synchronization and Timestamping Completed 4 Environment Sensors Jeeva Wireless Incorporated 2026-01-22 —
Tool for Autonomous Terrain Exploration of Remote Space Completed 4 Computational Materials MTRI, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Versatile Sensor for Transition, Separation, and Shock Detection Completed 7 Aerodynamics Rolling Hills Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Magnesium Based Rockets for Martian Exploration Completed 5 Hybrids Busek Company, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Precision Remote Sensor for Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization Mesa Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Pyramid Nanostructured Coatings for Stray Light Suppression Completed 6 Coatings Applied Sciences Inc 2026-01-22 —
Femtosecond-Laser-Based Welding for the Fabrication and Integration of Lidar Lasers Completed 3 Lasers Aktiwave 2026-01-22 —
Polymer Derived Rare Earth Silicate Nanocomposite Protective Coatings for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems Completed 7 Cryogenic Propulsion Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
The Holographic Microphysics Imaging Extinctiometer (HoloMIE): A new cloud probe for characterizing cloud particles and measuring spectral extinction Completed 7 Environment Sensors Handix Scientific, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Quantum Effect Materials and Devices for Future Communication Systems Completed 5 Revolutionary PNT Technologies Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Radioisotope Power Supply Completed 5 Heat Sources HI-Z TECHNOLOGY, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Highly Efficient Atmospheric Gases Detections Using Integrated Vertical Crystal Waveguide Arrays Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Omega Optics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Turbo-Brayton Cryocooler for Aircraft Superconducting Systems Completed 4 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Testing and Characterization of A Graphene/Polyethylene Nanocomposite for Solar Sail Applications Completed 4 Solar Sails Gossamer Space 2026-01-22 —
Efficient Quantification of Uncertainties in Complex Computer Code Results Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL IllinoisRocstar, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Ultra-Miniature High-power Pulsed Microchip Lasers Completed 4 Touchdown Systems Voxtel, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Non-Invasive Environmental Sensing System for Lifecycle Management (NIEL) Completed 5 Reliability and Sustainment San Diego Composites, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lightweight Radiation Shielding Composites for Small Spacecraft Completed 7 Lightweight Structural Materials Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Concurrent High-Fidelity Measurements and Simulations for Advancing the Design of Rotating Detonation Engines Completed 6 Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion Spectral Energies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Technologies Enabling Distributed Spacecraft Missions (DSM) Completed 6 Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Plasma Induced Micro Flame Ionization Detector for Environmental Monitoring Completed 3 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Rad-Hard Smallsat / CubeSat Avionics Board Completed 4 Low-Power Embedded Computer Systems Silicon Space Technology Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Tail propulsor generator for NASA SUSAN sub-scale flight demonstrator Completed 2 Hybrid Electric Systems Hinetics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Compact Raman Air Sensor Completed 7 Portable Life Support System Mesa Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
The Exploration Medical Ecosystem Design Infrastructure (ExMEDI): system to build trust within Cyber-Physical-Human (CPH) teams. Completed 5 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis NYRAD, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Improved Combustion Products Monitor for the ISS Completed 6 Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery Southwest Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Accelerating Memory-Access-Limited HPC Applications via Novel Fast Data Compression Completed 3 Automated Exascale Software Development Toolset Accelogic, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Plasmonic Enhanced Type-II Superlattice Focal Plane Arrays Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes SVT Associates 2026-01-22 —
In-Suit Waste Management Technologies Completed 8 Pressure Garment Omni Measurement Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Handheld FRET-Aptamer Sensor for Water Safety Completed 6 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Operational Technologies Corporation 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.