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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 287 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
NTR Fuel Testing in MIT Reactor Facilities Completed 5 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Little Prairie Services LLC 2026-01-22 —
300C/15 kW power converter with AlGaN/GaN-Si MOS-HFETs for electric propulsion systems Completed 6 Electrostatic Propulsion GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Visualization Environment for Science Mission Modeling Completed 8 Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis Phoenix Integration 2026-01-22 —
High-Resolution Source Characterization and Modeling for Efficient Prediction of Propulsion-Airframe Aeroacoustics Completed 3 Aeroacoustics ATA Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Novel Surveillance Technologies for Airport Ramp Area Operations Completed — Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Non-Toxic Monopropellant Propulsion Completed 9 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Integrated CubeSat ADACS with Reaction Wheels and Star Tracker Completed — Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Sensor Processing and Processors Adcole Maryland Aerospace, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Loop Heat Pipe Manufacturing via DMLS for CubeSAT Applications Completed 8 Heat Transport Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Long Term Uses of Potable Water Containing Silver Disinfectant in High Surface to Volume Ratio Metallic Surfaces Completed 5 Water Recovery and Management Cactus Materials 2026-01-22 —
Ultra-Flexible Advanced Stiffness Truss for Large Solar Arrays Completed 4 Lightweight Concepts L'Garde, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lightweight Ultra-Strong Flexible Power Cables from Metallic Nanoparticles and Aramid Nanofibers Completed 5 Hybrid Electric Systems Amphionic, LLC 2026-01-22 —
High Performance Lithium Sulfur Battery with Novel Separator Membrane for Space Applications Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Bettergy Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Ultrastable and Compact Deep UV Laser Source for Raman Spectroscopy Completed 5 Lasers TIPD, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Recession-Tolerant Sensors for Thermal Protection Systems Completed 5 Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL MesoScribe Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lightweight Illuminating Towers Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes L'Garde, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Performance Plasma Channel Insulators for High Power Hall Thrusters Completed 6 Electrostatic Propulsion Sienna Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Fidelity Tool for Turbulent Combustion in Liquid Launch Propulsion Systems Based on Spray-Flamelet Methodology Completed 6 Cryogenic Propulsion Streamline Numerics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Non-Mechanical Dual-Mode Beam Control System for LiDARs Completed 6 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing BEAM Engineering for Advanced Measurements 2026-01-22 —
High Aspect Ratio Cylindrical Parabolic Antenna for Microsats Completed 5 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Tendeg, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ISRU Collector of Ice in a Cold Lunar Environment (ICICLE) Completed 5 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Paragon Space Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Transient Acoustic Environment Prediction Tool for Launch Vehicles in Motion During Early Lift-Off Completed 6 Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
High-sensitivity isotopically-purified all-electrical chip-scale atomic magnetometers Completed 3 Field and Particle Detectors QuantCAD, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Laser Machining Completed 4 Mirror Systems OptiPro Systems, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Airborne Multi-Gas Sensor Completed 4 Lasers Mesa Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Robust Frequency Combs and Lasers for Optical Clocks and Sensing Completed 5 Lasers Vescent Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Shear Thickening Fluid Enhanced Textiles for Durable, Puncture- and Cut-Resistant Environmental Protection Garments Completed 6 Pressure Garment STF Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Chip-scale Integrated Silica Ring Optical Gyro Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Freedom Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Efficient Composite Repair Methods for Launch Vehicles Completed 6 Lightweight Structural Materials Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
NanoLayered Extruded Textiles for Extreme Surface Environments and High Oxygen Atmospheres Completed 6 Pressure Garment Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Wide Bandgap Nanostructured Space Photovoltaics Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Firefly Technologies 2026-01-22 —
Adaptive Electric Propulsion for ISRU Missions Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion MSNW, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Development of a "Digital Bridge" Thermal Anemometer for Turbulence Measurements Completed 4 Vibroacoustics Vigyan, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Laser Communication Terminal for Low Cost Missions and Markets Completed 6 Optimetrics Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Nonlinear Parameter-Varying AeroServoElastic Reduced Order Model for Aerostructural Sensing and Control Completed 5 Science Modeling CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Optical Intersatellite Communications for CubeSat Swarms Completed 6 Optimetrics CrossTrac Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Modeling, Analysis, and Verification for Space Missions Completed 6 Model-Based Systems Engineering Phoenix Integration 2026-01-22 —
A Next Generation Imaging for Space Application Completed 4 State Estimation and Monitoring Sigma Space Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Kamodo Containerized Space Weather Models Completed 5 Collaborative Science and Engineering Ensemble Government Services, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Reconfigurable, Wideband Radar Transceiver and Antenna for P-band Stretch Processing Completed 6 Lasers Intelligent Automation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lightweight Structures Utilizing CNFs Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials AxNano, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Space Weather Forecasting Toolset to Support Operations Completed 5 Collaborative Science and Engineering CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Modular Embedded Intelligent Sensor Network Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Angstrom Designs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Space-Weather CubeSat Array for 24/7 Prompt Global Coverage Experiment (SWAP-E) Completed 5 Field and Particle Detectors NearSpace Launch, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Hyper-realistic Elastically Computed Topologies in Adaptive Reality Environments (HECTARE) Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Diamond Age Technology LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Level Converter Multiplier Effect in Propulsion System Performance Completed 4 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Performance Pump-fed Lunar Transfer Stage for Small Launchers Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Flight Works, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Air Traffic Management Cost Assessment Tool Completed 6 Testing and Evaluation Robust Analytics 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Li/S Batteries Based on Novel Composite Cathode and Electrolyte System Completed 5 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Storagenergy Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Operation-Aware ISHM for Environmental Control and Life Support in Deep Space Habitants Completed 6 — Global Technology Connection, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
LMM Holographic Optical Tweezers (HOT) Module Completed 5 Optical Components Meadowlark Optics 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.