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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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 263 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Glass Alloy in Microgravity (GAMMA)	Completed	4	Manufacturing Processes	Made in Space, Inc.
SEP Upper Stage for Small Launch Vehicles	Completed	4	Earth Storable Propellants	ExoTerra Resource, LLC
Improved Forecasting of Operational Solar and Geomagnetic Indices	Completed	6	Science Modeling	Space Environment Technologies, LLC
High Energy Density, Long Cycle Life Li-S Batteries for Space Applications	Completed	6	Electrochemical Storage: Batteries	ADA Technologies, Inc.
Improved Test and Launch Operations	Completed	4	Autonomous, Real-Time Command and Control	Special Aerospace Services
Gas Inlet Sensor for Measuring Dust Particle Size Distribution and Concentration	Completed	4	Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation	Southwest Sciences, Inc.
Heat Shield Recession Measurements Using Remote Spectral Sensors	Completed	6	Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL	Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI)
Nonventing Thermal and Humidity Control for EVA Suits	Completed	6	Portable Life Support System	Creare, LLC
Space-Weather CubeSat Array for 24/7 Prompt Global Coverage Experiment (SWAP-E)	Completed	7	Field and Particle Detectors	NearSpace Launch, Inc.
GaAs Schottky Diode Technology for Terahertz Harmonic Mixers	Completed	4	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Virginia Diodes, Inc.
Frequency Agile Seed Laser for Orbital Doppler-Shift Compensation	Completed	5	Lasers	ADVR, Inc.
High Capacity Sorbents for Removal of Problematic Contaminants from Processed Wastewater	Completed	4	Water Recovery and Management	TDA Research, Inc.
MIDAS: Multispectral Imaging and Data Acquisition Service	Completed	9	Optical Components	Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI)
Inexpensive, Rugged and Compact Tunable Laser with Simple Tuning Control for Airborne Fiber Optic Sensor (FOS) Interrogators	Completed	3	Environment Sensors	Freedom Photonics, LLC
High Figure-of-Merit Macro-Structured Thermoelectric Materials	Completed	3	Dynamic Energy Conversion	MicroXact, Inc.
Flexible Agent-based Communications for Exploration	Completed	4	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	TRACLabs, Inc.
Fission Stirling Converter	Completed	3	Dynamic Energy Conversion	—
Low-Cost and High-Performance Propulsion for Small Satellite Applications	Completed	4	Cryogenic Propulsion	Astra Space, Inc
Fabric Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite	Completed	3	Manufacturing Processes	Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.
Weather Scenario Generator for ATM Simulation and Testing Systems	Completed	3	Collaborative Science and Engineering	AvMet Applications
Miniature Airborne Methane Sensor	Completed	5	Lasers	KALSCOTT Engineering, Inc.
Autonomous In-space Assembly of Modular Structures	Completed	3	Modularity, Commonality, and Interfaces	Altius Space Machines, Inc.
Voice Activated Cockpit Management Systems, VACMS NextGen, from simple to complex architectures	Completed	7	Electrostatic Propulsion	Southern Air Aviation, Inc.
Extensible Modeling to Create Knowledgebase for AM Processing of Alloy GrCop-84	Completed	4	Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing	Applied Optimization, Inc.
Continuous-Scan Phased Array Measurement Methods for Turbofan Engine Acoustic Testing	Completed	5	Aeroacoustics	ATA Engineering, Inc.
Evolving and Certifiable Autopilot for Unmanned Aerial Systems	Completed	5	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	Design Analysis & Research Corporation
Adaptive Bio-inspired Navigation for Planetary Exploration	Completed	5	Navigation Sensors	Neurala LLC
A Cognitive Communications Protocols Suite for Networked Space Platforms for Autonomous Dynamic Spectrum Co-existence with User-Initiated Service Support	Completed	6	Cognitive Networking	Bluecom Systems And Consulting, LLC
Engineering and Qualification of Thin-Ply Composites	Completed	4	Lightweight Structural Materials	Roccor, LLC
Ground based Ultrawideband Multistatic Positioning System for VTOL Guidance and GPS Integrity Monitoring	Completed	7	Turbine-Based Combined Cycle	University Technical Services, Inc.
Enabling High Efficiency I/O Performance on High-End Computing Systems and Data Stores with HDF5	Completed	2	Collaborative Science and Engineering	Akadio, Inc.
Ultra-Efficient Ultrasonic Drying for Spacecraft Solid Waste	Completed	6	Waste Management	Ultrasonic Technology Solutions
Improved Stability of Mercuric Iodide Detectors for Anticoincidence Shields	Completed	4	Detectors and Focal Planes	DxRay, Inc.
Electronic Procedure Verification and Workflow Management System	Completed	4	All-Electric Propulsion	TRACLabs, Inc.
Advanced planning capabilities for humanoids in microgravity environments	Completed	4	Execution and Control	PickNik, Inc.
Advanced Nanometer Coordinate Measuring Machine	Completed	5	Mirror Systems	OptiPro Systems, LLC
Electrochromic Laminates For Advanced Spacesuit Visors	Completed	4	Pressure Garment	Giner, Inc.
A First Response Crew Mask for Ammonia, Hydrazine and Combustion Products	Completed	6	Protective Clothing and Breathing Apparatuses	TDA Research, Inc.
Advanced Rotor Coils for Conduction Cooled Superconducting Multi-Megawatt Motors for Aircraft Propulsion	Completed	4	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	Hyper Tech Research, Inc.
High spatio-temporal resolution particle sizer for plume-induced ejecta clouds	Completed	5	Propulsion Systems for Landing	Truventic, LLC
Elastic-Memory Composite Antenna Booms for SmallSats	Completed	4	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Composite Technology Development, Inc.
Spaceflight 1.94 micron Tm Fiber Laser Transmitter	Completed	4	Field and Particle Detectors	Fibertek, Inc.
A Robust Two-Phase Pumped Loop With Multiple Evaporators and Multiple Radiators	Completed	4	Heat Transport	Creare, LLC
A Cubesat Based System for Topside Ionospheric Sounding	Completed	3	Field and Particle Detectors	Lowell Digisonde International, LLC
Efficient and Secure Communications for Spacecraft Beyond LEO	Completed	8	Lasers	Antara Teknik, LLC
Lightweight and Low Cost Pyrotechnic Gas Generator for HIAD	Completed	4	Hypersonic Decelerators	Storm Castle Technical Products, Inc.
High-Efficiency, Ka-Band Solid-State Power Amplifier Utilizing GaN Technology	Completed	3	Power Efficiency	Quinstar Technology, Inc.
Compact CO2 Instrumentation for Small Aerial Platforms	Completed	4	Environment Sensors	Southwest Sciences, Inc.
Efficient Polishing of Metallic Substrates for Active Remote Sensing Applications	Completed	3	Lasers	Welch Mechanical Design, LLC
Efficient CO2 and H2O Removal with Novel Adsorbents for Life Support Applications on Mars	Completed	4	Atmosphere Revitalization	Mosaic Materials, Inc.

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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.