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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 276 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Microwave Assisted Deposition of Cyanate Ester Composites Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Raven 3D, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Cloud-Based Electronic Test Procedures Completed 5 Flight and Ground Testing Methodologies TRACLabs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Reactive Capture of Carbon Dioxide Completed 4 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Reactive Innovations, LLC 2026-01-22 —
In-Circuit Energy Storage Device for Extreme Environments Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries TDA Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Solar Array for a Starshade Inner Disk Completed 5 Structures and Antennas Tendeg, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Nanomaterials-enabled Electrodynamic Dust Shield Completed 3 Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Innosense Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Cryogenic Thermal Management Systems for Lunar Outpost Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) Rover Completed 3 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Lunar Outpost, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Satellite Swarm Localization and Control via Random Finite Set Statistics Completed 3 — Aster Labs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Rapid Manufacturing of C-C Composites for Thermal Management Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes TDA Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Tapered Amplifiers for Cold-Atom Optical Systems (TACOS) Completed 7 Lasers AOSense, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Investigating an Instrument for Measurement of Hyperspectral Backscattering in Natural Waters Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Sequoia Scientific, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Energy Density Li-Ion Batteries Enabled By a New Class of Cathode Materials Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries NEI Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Data-Driven Modeling of Directed Energy Deposition (DED) for Defect-Free Builds using Real-Time Monitoring Approaches Completed 2 Manufacturing Processes Formalloy Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Atomically Referenced Visible Spectroscopy-Grade PIC Lasers Operating at 689 nm Completed 4 Lasers Nexus Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ShortWave Infrared Focal Plane Technology for Close-Range Active Mineralogy Mapping (SWIFT-CAMM) Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Wavefront LLC 2026-01-22 —
Software and Tools for Electronics Printing in Space(STEPS) Completed 4 Electronics Development Tools Redwire Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Deployable and Retractable Solar Array for Lunar Surface/Lander Mobility Operations Completed 6 Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
A LIBS System for Lunar Surface Measurements Completed 4 Lasers Q-Peak, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Behavior Tracking Software Enhancement and Integration of a Feedback Module Completed 6 Behavioral Health and Performance Horizon Performance 2026-01-22 —
The Argonaut: Water-Propelled Reusable High DeltaV Spacecraft Transfer Stage Completed 4 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Argo Space Corp. 2026-01-22 —
High-Volume Production of Lightweight, Multi-Junction Solar Cells Using 6-inch GaAs Completed 9 Photovoltaic Electrical Power MicroLink Devices, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advancing Hyperspectral Data Cube Query Capabilities through Apache Spark DataFrame Abstraction Completed 8 Public Cloud Supercomputers Azavea, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
ARCSTONE Improvements Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Resonon, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Silicon Carbide Integrated Circuits for Extreme Environment Operation: High Radiation and High Temperature Completed 6 Electronics CoolCAD Electronics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Specification Editing and Discovery Assistant Completed 6 Robot Software GrammaTech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
In-Situ X-Ray Imaging System and X-Ray Fluorescence for Planetary Science Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Advanced Analyzer Labs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Silicon Carbide Gate Driver Completed 5 Advanced Electronic Parts United Silicon Carbide, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Silica-Silica Mirror Substrate Fabrication Technology Completed 4 Mirror Systems Mentis Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Miniaturized UV/VIS/IR Hyperspectral Radiometer for Autonomous Airborne and Underwater Imaging Spectroscopy of Coastal and Oceanic Environments Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI) 2026-01-22 —
SpaceDoc-Intelligent Health Management System for Astronauts Completed 4 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Lynntech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Monolithic Gradient Index Phase Plate Array Completed 4 Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes Voxtel, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Robust and Efficient WMLES Unstructured Grid Generation with HeldenMesh Completed 5 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Helden Aerospace Corporation 2026-01-22 —
High Frequency Reflective Mesh for Small Aperture Antennas Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Tendeg, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Stirling Regenerator and Heat Exchanger Assembly for Radioisotope Stirling Space Power Completed 7 Dynamic Energy Conversion SCCAQ Energy, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Robust Prediction of High Lift Using Surface Vorticity Completed 9 Aerodynamics Research in Flight 2026-01-22 —
Infusion Resins for Automated Dry Fiber Placement Products Completed 6 Manufacturing Processes Applied Poleramic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Investigation of Effect of High, Short Duration Temperatures on Fiber Graphitization and Resulting Property Changes in 3D Woven TPS Preforms During Entry Trajectories Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Materials Research and Design, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Robust, Low SWAP Planetary Entry, Descent and Landing System Completed 3 Touchdown Systems Voxtel, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Throughput Hall Thruster for Small Spacecraft Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion Busek Company, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Rad-Hard LDO Completed 4 Management and Control Alphacore, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Proximity Glare Suppression using Carbon Nanotubes Completed 6 Coatings Lambda Consulting/Advanced Nanophotonics 2026-01-22 —
Deep UV Blocking Particle Filter Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes MicroXact, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low Energy Electronic Ignition System for NOFBX Thrusters Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Firestar Engineering, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Rapid Manufacturing of High Power Electric Propulsion Components Completed 4 Electrostatic Propulsion Transition45 Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Distributed Contact Solver for 3D Dynamics Simulation of Drive Systems with Defects Completed 9 High-Performance Memories Advanced Numerical Solutions LLC 2026-01-22 —
Affordable Unfurlable Fan-Fold Wrapable Reflector for Small and Large Apertures Completed 4 Innovative Antennas Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
CETACEAN: Autonomous and Modular Onboard Relative Navigation Software for On-Orbit Proximity Operations & Docking Completed 5 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Starfish Space, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Slow and Fast Light Completed 3 Navigation Sensors Torch Technologies, Incorporated 2026-01-22 —
Radiation Hard Wide Temperature Range Mixed-Signal Components Completed 5 Space Radiation Analysis and Modeling Advanced Science and Novel Technology 2026-01-22 —
Planetary LEGO Completed 5 Surface Construction and Assembly Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. 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.