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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 274 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Compact, Lightweight Isolation Platform (CLIP) Completed — Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies Applied Technology Associates 2026-01-22 —
Terrestrial Balloon 10-Mbps to 1-Gbps Communications using Commercial Satellites and NASA TDRSS Completed 4 Optimetrics PeerSat, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Thermal Stir Welding of High Strength and High Temperature Alloys for Aerospace Applications Completed 5 Computational Materials Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Biotemplated Nano-Structured Materials for Advanced Li-ion Batteries Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries CFX Battery, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Comprehensive Acoustic Analysis for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles Completed 4 Aeroacoustics Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low-Cost and Light-Weight Transpiration-Cooled Thrust Chambers Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Astra Space, Inc 2026-01-22 —
A Low-Power Medical Oxygen Generator Completed 5 Long-Duration Health TDA Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Snap Freezer for ISS Completed 7 Long-Duration Health Redwire Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fine Grained Tungsten Claddings for Cermet Based NTP Systems Completed 3 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Physics-Based Selection of SLM Process Parameters to Mitigate Defects and to Control Deposit Microstructure Completed 5 Manufacturing Processes Applied Optimization, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Silicon Carbide Foundry for NASA's UV and High Temperature CMOS Electronics Needs Completed — Electronics Development Tools CoolCAD Electronics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
DiSCO: Dual In-Situ Spectroscopy and Coring Completed 5 Optical Components Impossible Sensing, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Flat-Package MEMS Fuselage Microphones for External Airplane Fluctuating Pressure Field Measurements Completed 5 Aeroacoustics Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Innovations in Hollow Cathode Construction Technology Completed 7 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies E-beam, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Small UAS Collision Avoidance System Completed 3 Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles Mosaic ATM, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Oxygen-Independent Pressure Sensitive Paint Completed 3 Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Marshal: Maintaining Evolving Models Completed 5 Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling SIFT, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Remote Cardiopulmonary Sensing Completed 6 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Autonomous Healthcare, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Real-Time Optical Defect Detection, Identification and Correction Technology Completed 3 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Intellisense Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Silver Ion Biocide Delivery System for Water Disinfection Completed 5 Water Recovery and Management Reactive Innovations, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Self-Lubricating Hard Coatings for Extreme Environment Completed 5 Coatings MesoCoat, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Deployable Ka/W Dual Band Cylindrical Parabolic Antenna Including Feed Support Structure Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves MMA Design, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Coherent Laser Radar Metrology System for Large Scale Optical Systems Completed 4 Distributed Aperture Pyxisvision Incorporated 2026-01-22 —
Low Cost, Cosmic Microwave Background Telescopes (P-NASA12-003-1) Completed 6 Mirror Systems Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc 2026-01-22 —
A Compact, Integrated, Modular, Multi-Technology, Optical Sensor (CIMMOS) for In-Situ Characterization of Ocean Worlds Completed 4 Environment Sensors Brimrose Technology Corporation 2026-01-22 —
MegaFlex Solar Array Scale-Up, up to 175kW per Wing Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Angstrom Designs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Hydrogen-rich Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Radiation-Shield Structures Completed 5 Protection Systems International Scientific Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Species Chemical Microsensor For Real Time Cryogenic Purge Line Monitoring Completed 7 Commodity Recovery Makel Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Tapered Amplifiers for Cold-Atom Optical Systems (TACOS) Completed 4 Lasers AOSense, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Surface Area Iridium Anodes and Melt Containers for Molten Oxide Electrolysis Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ESPRIT: Exercise Sensing and Pose Recovery Inference Tool Completed 6 Prevention and Countermeasures Intelligent Automation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Automated Tools and Technologies for Enhancing Long-Range Imagery Completed 4 Structures and Antennas EM Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Configuration, Optimization and Management of DTN via Artificially Intelligent Decentralized Systems (COMMANDS) Completed 6 Disruption Tolerant Networking EpiSys Science, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multipurpose Waste Disposal Bags for Heat Melt Compactor Application Completed 5 Waste Management Materials Modification, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fiber-Based Adsorbents Tailored for PLSS Ammonia and Formaldehyde Removal Completed 5 Portable Life Support System Serionix 2026-01-22 —
Multiple Failure Response Procedure System Completed 3 Training Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Return Glider for High Altitude Sampling Systems Completed 7 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Delta Zee Solutions 2026-01-22 —
A Modular, High-Efficiency, Radiation-Hardened, DC-DC Converter with Decentralized Control Completed 4 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Apogee Semiconductor, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Conformal Nanomembrane based Sensor Skins for Cryogenic Shear Measurements Completed 4 Aerodynamics Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Space PV Concentrators for Outer Planet and Near-Sun Missions, Using Ultra-Light Fresnel Lenses Made with Vanishing Tools Completed 3 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Mark O'Neill, LLC 2026-01-22 —
CRISSP - Customizable Recyclable International Space Station Packaging Completed — Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Processes Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
Development and Assessment of Loss of Control Prevention Techniques Completed 4 Aircraft Avionics Systems Adaptive Aerospace Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Electride Hollow Cathode Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion Plasma Controls, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ANTCity a PaaS for AAM and Urban Planning Completed 6 Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling ANT Automation, LLC 2026-01-22 —
A Radiation Hardened, Digitally Controlled, Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Isolated DC-DC Converter Completed 5 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Alphacore, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Development of Diamond Vacuum Differential Amplifier for Harsh Environment Power Electronics Completed 5 Advanced Electronic Parts Scientic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Li Metal Protection for High Energy Space Batteries Completed 5 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Nohms Technologies 2026-01-22 —
Cryogenic Focus Mechanism Completed 5 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Motiv Space Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Deployable Composite Structures Completed 4 Lightweight Concepts Composite Technology Development, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Micro-Laser Communications Modules Completed 4 Lasers Vescent Photonics, Inc. 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.