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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.

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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 29 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Optical Airborne Tracker System (OATS) Completed 4 Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies Goddard Space Flight Center
Wide-angle Compact Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer and Energy Analyzer Completed 3 Field and Particle Detectors Goddard Space Flight Center
Ultra-compact Freeform Optics for Modular CubeSats - A Novel Ultra-compact Star Scanner Completed 1 Attitude Estimation Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Aerosol Measurement System (GAMS) Completed 3 Optical Components Goddard Space Flight Center
Detection of Volatile Crystals Mixed with Regolith (CMIST) Completed 3 In Situ Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center
Onboard Optical Navigation Measurement Processing in GEONS Completed 3 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Goddard Space Flight Center
High Broadband Reflectivity Mirror Coatings for the Next Generation ofSpace Observatories Completed 5 Optical Components University of Colorado Boulder
Development of integrated readout electronics for next generation X-ray CCDs Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Stanford University
Precision Optical Coatings for Large Space Telescope Mirrors Completed 3 Mirror Systems ZeCoat Corporation
Germanium Charge-Coupled Devices for Large-Format, Low-Noise Hard X-Ray Sensors Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Enhancements in The Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite (petit Sat) Completed 6 Optical Components Goddard Space Flight Center
High Temperature GaN Microprocessor for Space Applications Completed 2 Electronics Arizona State University-Tempe
Advanced vortex phase masks and techniques Completed 2 Optical Components California Institute of Technology
The DEUCE and INFUSE Sounding Rocket Payloads: EUV and Integral Field Spectrographs for Next-generation Space-flight Hardware Development Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes University of Colorado Boulder
Miniaturized Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICPMS) for Trace Element Analysis Completed 3 Environment Sensors University of Maryland-College Park
Fabrication of High Resolution Lightweight X-ray Mirrors Using Mono-crystalline Silicon Completed 1 Mirror Systems Goddard Space Flight Center
MgB2 Material Advancements Towards Innovative Astrophysics Technology-Development Phase Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes California Institute of Technology
Hard X-ray multilayer coatings for HEX-P and other future missions Completed 3 Mirror Systems Reflective X-Ray Optics LLC
On-orbit X-ray telescope figure monitoring and control for adjustable X-ray optics for the Lynx Mission Concept Completed 2 Optical Components Smithsonian Institution
X-ray Reflection Gratings: Limitations and Improvements Completed 4 Optical Components Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Nano-technology for Advanced X-Ray Microcapillary Plates Completed 4 Structures and Antennas Naval Research Laboratory
MgB2 HEB based heterodyne array for applications above 2 THz Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes California Institute of Technology
SiC Electronics To Enable Long-Lived Chemical Sensor Measurements at the Venus Surface Completed 6 Environment Sensors Makel Engineering, Inc.
High-contrast Nulling Interferometry Techniques Completed 1 Optical Components NASA Headquarters
SLUSH: Thermo-Mechanical Deep Drilling System for Ocean Worlds and Mars Completed 3 Environment Sensors Honeybee Robotics, Ltd.
High Temperature-resilient And Long-Life (HiTALL) Primary Batteries for Venus and Mercury Surface Missions Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries California Institute of Technology
Microwave SQUID readout technology to enable Lynx and other future Great Observatories Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes National Institute of Standards and Technology
Silicon Micromachined Heterodyne Array Receiver at 1.9 THz Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Megapixel arrays of superconducting UV single-photon detectors Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes National Institute of Standards and Technology
High Power UV Laser Lifetime Demonstrator Completed 4 Lasers NASA Headquarters
H2O, CH4, and HSRL Airborne Lidar Observations (HALO) Completed 3 Lasers NASA Headquarters
Next-generation feedhorn-coupled kinetic inductance detector arrays Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes National Institute of Standards and Technology
Development of an Ultra-Stable Mid-Infrared Detector Array for Space-Based Exoplanet Transit Spectroscopy Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Johns Hopkins University
Next Generation Microshutter Arrays Completed 4 Habitability and Environment Goddard Space Flight Center
Development of Adjustable X-ray Optics with 0.5 Arcsecond Resolution for the Lynx Mission Concept Completed 3 Optical Components Smithsonian Institution
Effective Human-Robot Teaming to Advance Aviation Manufacturing Completed 2 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing University of Wisconsin-Madison
FY17 GRC: Shape Memory Alloy Adaptive Cooling Completed 4 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Glenn Research Center
Fabrication and Manufacturing of Coronagraph Masks for The High-Contrast Imaging Test beds (CORFAB) Completed 3 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center
Tunable laser absorption spectrometer Completed 3 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center
Demonstration of an Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) Process for Vertical Lift Vehicles Completed 4 Tools and Methodologies for Vehicle and Concept Definition Activities Langley Research Center
Ultra-Stable Structures Development and Characterization Using Spatial Dynamic Metrology Completed 3 Structures and Antennas Goddard Space Flight Center
Extension of the dE/dx-E Technique Using Silicon Detectors to below 1 MeV/nucleon Completed 3 Sensors and Instruments California Institute of Technology
Integrating Advanced Wavefront Control and Image Processing for High Contrast Imaging Completed 3 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors The Research Corporation Of The University Of Hawaii
Development of thin-film polymer actuators for high-resolution X-ray optics Completed 1 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors —
Development of a Photon Detection Module for the Detection of Cosmogenic Neutrinos Completed 4 In Situ Instruments and Sensors Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation
Enabling imaging astrometry detection and mass measurement of Earth-like planets Completed 4 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Ames Research Center
Advanced Multiplexed TES Arrays Completed 1 Detectors and Focal Planes —
Advanced Multiplexed Transition-Edge Sensor Microcalorimeter Arrays Completed 1 Detectors and Focal Planes —
Superconducting Resonator Spectrometer for Millimeter- and Submillimeter-Wave Astrophysics Completed 1 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves —
Dual-Cylinder Laser Reference Cavities for LISA Completed 1 Optical Components —
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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.