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 27 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Ultra-small, low-cost Earth horizon sensor, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Goddard Space Flight Center
Novel Biodegradable Food Packaging Material, Phase I	Completed	—	Lightweight Structural Materials	Johnson Space Center
OpenSAT, An Open Source Based Satellite Design Data Architecture with API Design and Management Plugins, Phase I	Completed	—	Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis	Ames Research Center
Lightweight Cryogenic Radiator, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Goddard Space Flight Center
SensorLine: A Distributed Sensor System for Planetary Exploration, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Langley Research Center
Mars 2024 Pathfinder Mission Integrated Field Test	Completed	5	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Kennedy Space Center
Miniature Intelligent Sensor Electronics, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Stennis Space Center
Optical Nutrients Monitor for Bioreactor Applications in Zero Gravity, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Ames Research Center
High-Temperature Aeropropulsion Sensors Using Sapphire Microoptomechanical Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Glenn Research Center
A Balloon-Borne, Advanced Scintillator Compton Telescope with Silicon Photomultiplier Readout	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	—
Exploiting Unusual Characteristics of Photonic Crystals for Novel Optical Device, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Langley Research Center
Novel Technology for Radiation Protection	Completed	2	Radiation Mitigation and Biological Countermeasures	Langley Research Center
Advanced Polymer Materials to Support NASA Technology Needs	Completed	3	Manufacturing Processes	The University of Alabama
Novel High Power-to-Weight Ratio Solar Cell on Flexible Polyimide Substrates For Space Power Applications	Completed	1	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Iowa State University
Study on Development of New Detector Technology for Solar-Neutrino Spacecraft	Completed	1	Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management	Wichita State University
Exploration for space applications of Write Once, Read Forever (WORF) gamma-ray impervious data storage media	Completed	1	Data Acquisition Systems	Creative Technology, LLC
Propulsion Systems Technology Advancement Using Ultra-Fine Metal Lattice Structure	Completed	1	Lightweight Structural Materials	EOS North America
Engineering robust Friction Stir Welds by using Digital Manufacturing Technologies	Completed	1	End-to-End Modeling and Simulation of GN&C Systems	University of Alabama in Huntsville
Enabling the Digital Twin for Additively-Manufactured Metallic Parts via Defect-Sensitive Mechanical Models	Completed	1	Computational Materials	Auburn University
CFD Modeling of the Self-Reacting Friction Stir Welding (SR- FSW) Process: Correlating Thermal, Mechanical, and Viscoplastic Flow Phenomena with Weld Quality and Hardness	Completed	1	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	CFD Research Corporation
Development of a low cost, low pressure, light weight, MON/MMH Bi-propellant 100 lbf-class engine with 300 seconds Isp	Completed	1	Cryogenic Propulsion	Frontier Aerospace Corporation
Design, analyze and verify the performance of a 5N Water-Electrolysis Small-SAT Propulsion System	Completed	1	Electromagnetic Propulsion	Cornell University
Video Compression and Camera Control	Completed	3	Relative Navigation Sensors	Marshall Space Flight Center
High Power, Compact Heat Exchangers	Completed	3	Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines	Marshall Space Flight Center
Design and Preparatory Fabrication Effort for a High-resolution Glass Substrate X-ray Optic	Completed	3	Mirror Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Additive Manufacturing for 1N and 5N green propellant thrusters	Completed	1	Electrostatic Propulsion	The University of Texas at El Paso
Piezoelectric Strainmeter for the Seismic Investigation of Planets Principal Investigator	Completed	1	Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility	Marshall Space Flight Center
Carbon Nanotube Composite SHM Sensor using Additive Manufacturing	Completed	1	Reliability and Sustainment	Marshall Space Flight Center
Ionic Polyimides: New High-Performance Polymers for Additive Manufacturing	Completed	1	Lightweight Structural Materials	Marshall Space Flight Center
Print-Assisted Photovoltaic Assembly (PAPA)	Completed	1	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Marshall Space Flight Center
Production and Hot Hydrogen Testing of Molybdenum Matrix Cermet Fuels for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Completed	1	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
In-Space Manufacturing of Astronaut Clothing	Completed	1	Protective Clothing and Breathing Apparatuses	Marshall Space Flight Center
X-Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS)	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	Marshall Space Flight Center
Simulation of Lander Plume-Induced Particle Clouds and Surface Cratering	Completed	4	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Marshall Space Flight Center
There’s an App for That: Core Flight System Software Development for Mars Ascent Vehicle and Lander Technologies	Completed	4	Logistics Management	Marshall Space Flight Center
Normal-Incidence Mirror Technology: Cryogenic Low-Cost Aluminum Mirror for candidate Origins Space Telescope Decadal Mission	Completed	3	Mirror Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Extending MAG4 Code to New Operational Users	Completed	5	Space Weather Prediction	Marshall Space Flight Center
Development of a Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Process for Aerospace Hardware	Completed	3	Manufacturing Processes	Marshall Space Flight Center
Cryogenic Electro-Mechanical Actuator for Lander Control Valves	Completed	4	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	Marshall Space Flight Center
Carbon Nanotube Sensor using Additive Manufacturing	Completed	4	Reliability and Sustainment	Marshall Space Flight Center
Wideband S-Band Wrap Around Microstrip Antenna	Completed	3	Innovative Antennas	Wallops Flight Facility
Miniaturized Ka-band Transmitter for CubeSat Applications	Completed	3	Innovative RF Technologies	Goddard Space Flight Center
Compatible S-band Transceiver	Completed	2	Innovative RF Technologies	Goddard Space Flight Center
GMSA PSE and C&DH Environmental Testing and SmallSat Flatsat Integration	Completed	5	Testing and Evaluation	Goddard Space Flight Center
Millimeter- and Submillimeter-Wave Front End Development for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere	Completed	2	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
Advanced FUVUV/Visible Photon Counting and Ultralow Noise Detectors	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	—
Autonomous Systems: Autonomous Cryogenic Loading Operations (ACLO)	Completed	5	Propellant Production, Storage, and Transfer	Ames Research Center
Affordable and Lightweight High-Resolution Astronomical X-Ray Optics	Completed	3	Mirror Systems	—
Shell Buckling Knockdown Factors (SBKF)	Completed	4	Aeroelasticity	Langley Research Center
Europan Molecular Indicators of Life Investigation (EMILI)	Completed	4	Environment Sensors	—

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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.

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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.