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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 262 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Aeroelasticity and Aeroservoelastic Control Completed 7 Aeroelasticity M4 Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
COBRA-Bee Carpal-Wrist Gimbal for Astrobee Completed 4 Dexterous Manipulation Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
Innovative Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes (FOGs) for High Accuracy Space Applications Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Use Coating for Abrasion Prevention, Wear Protection, and Lunar Dust Removal Completed — — Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Interferometric Star Tracker - Phase II Completed 5 Attitude Estimation Sensors Optical Physics Company 2026-01-22 —
Improving Freeform Manufacturing using a Unique Deflectometry Enclosure Completed 5 Optical Components Optimax Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
SmallSat Stirling Cryocooler for Earth Science and Interplanetary Exploration Completed 3 Cryogenic/Thermal Systems Wecoso, INC 2026-01-22 —
Dual Mode Low Power Hall Thruster Completed 4 Electrostatic Propulsion Busek Company, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Relative Position Indicator Concept for Managing Mixed RNAV and Vectored Arrival Traffic Completed 6 Portable Life Support System Mosaic ATM, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Function Fluid Measurement System using High-Definition Fiber Optic Sensing Completed 5 Operations, Health, and Maintenance for Ground and Surface Systems Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Surround Visual & Sensory Feedback for Robotic Arm Pilots Completed 4 Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis Swift Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Improved Models for Prediction of Locally Intense Aeroacoustic Loads and Vibration Environments Completed 4 Tests, Tools, and Methods ATA Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Aero-Effected Distributed Adaptive Control of Flexible Aircraft Using Active Bleed Completed 3 Aeroelasticity Atair Aerospace, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Monitoring, Learning and Optimizing Crew Health and Performance Completed 4 Behavioral Health and Performance Exploration Institute, LLC 2026-01-22 —
A Transformative Approach to Flight Test for Autonomous Vehicles Completed 4 Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles Systems Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Moldable and Curable Silicon Carbide Prepreg For Hypersonic Thermal Protection Systems Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials Goodman Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Fiber Optic Health Monitoring of 3D Woven Preforms and Composites Employing Structurally Integrated Sensors Completed 5 Reliability and Sustainment Materials Research and Design, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Modular Membrane Controlled Three-phase Deployable Radiator (MMC-TDR) Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Mainstream Engineering Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Side-Emitting Optical Fibers for Delivery of UV-C Light to Disinfect Key Bacteria in Space Station Water and Storage and Conveyance Systems Completed 6 Water Recovery and Management H2O Insights, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Collective Inference Based Data Analytics System for Post Operations Analysis Phase II Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies ATAC 2026-01-22 —
Metal Digital Direct Manufacturing (MDDM) for Close-Out of Combustion Chambers and Nozzle Fabrications Completed 5 — Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Next Generation Radar-Radiometer Space Qualified Digital Receiver and Processor Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced planning capabilities for robots in microgravity environments Completed 5 Cryogenic Propulsion PickNik, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Programming-Free Manipulation-in-the-Box Solution for Autonomous IVA Completed 6 Grappling Technologies Robotic Materials Inc 2026-01-22 —
Additive Manufacturing of Structured Sorbents for CO2 and H2O Removal Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization TDA Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Coordinated Autonomous Debris Avoidance Completed 4 Learning and Adaptation Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Efficient, High Power Density Hydrocarbon-Fueled Solid Oxide Stack System Completed 3 Dynamic Energy Conversion Precision Combustion, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Additive Manufacturing for CubeSat Optics Completed 4 Optical Components Nanovox, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Strut Attachment System for In-Space Robotic Assembly Completed 4 Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Manufacturing of Intermediate Temperature, Direct Methane Oxidation Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Durable Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Completed 4 Dynamic Energy Conversion ITN Energy Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Ultra-Compact Heat Rejection System for Fission Surface Power Completed 3 Dynamic Energy Conversion Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Integration of 4D Airline Operation Control Systems into NextGen and the NAS Completed 4 Ground and Flight Test Technologies WxOps, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Empirical Optimization of Additive Manufacturing Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes ARCTOS Technology Solutions, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Reusable Nanocomposite Membranes for the Selective Recovery of Nutrients in Space Completed 5 Logistics Management Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Cislune Regolith Pathways and Landing Pads Completed 4 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Cislune Company 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Monitoring AWAReness Environment (IM-AWARE) Completed 5 Operations, Health, and Maintenance for Ground and Surface Systems American GNC Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Ice Grain Accelerator with Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry Completed 5 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves RadMet, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Computationally Efficient Multiphase Flow Simulation Tool for Propulsion Test Technology Components Completed 5 Site Management for Launches, Tests, and Operations Streamline Numerics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Measurement and Modeling of High Speed Polydisperse Granular Flow Under Plume/Surface Interaction Conditions Completed 5 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Adaptive Robotic Gripper Completed 4 Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures Harvest Moon Automation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Watt-Class Diffraction-Limited Narrow Linewidth 8xx nm Diode Lasers Completed 6 Lasers Freedom Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Satellite Swarm Localization and Control via Random Finite Set Statistics Completed 7 — Aster Labs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Real-Time Monitor of Clumped CO2 Isotope in Ambient Air Completed 4 Lasers Aerodyne Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Certification Means of Compliance Process for Advanced Air Mobility with Increasing Autonomy Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Systems Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Yield, High Efficiency Epitaxial Lift-Off Solar Cells for LILT Applications Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power MicroLink Devices, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Wideband Autonomous Cognitive Radios for Networked Satellites Communications Completed 6 Cognitive Networking Bluecom Systems And Consulting, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Lunar Network Optical Terminals (LNOT) Completed 6 Optimetrics Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft Comprehensive Analysis and Design Tool Completed 7 Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Abstraction and Model Simplification to Identify Interesting Data (RAMS) Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power ATC-NY, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Highly Efficient InGaN-Based Solar Cells for High Intensity and High Temperature Operation Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power SVT Associates 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.