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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 290 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Solar Electric Propulsion CubeSat Bus for Deep Space Missions Completed 4 Electrostatic Propulsion ExoTerra Resource, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Phase Reconfigurable Nulling Interferometer Completed 4 Mirror Systems Meadowlark Optics Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Novel Plasma-Based Compressor Stall Control System Completed 4 Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Wireless Intra-vehicle Communication System (WICS) Completed 4 Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies Invocon, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Miniaturized Lightweight Monopropellant Feed System for Nano- and Micro-satellites Completed 3 Earth Storable Propellants Systima Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Novel 3D Printer to Support Additive Manufacturing of Gradient Metal Alloy Structures Completed 5 Manufacturing Processes AlphaSense, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
The Airborne Multiangle Aerosol Size Spectrometer: A next generation aerosol probe Completed 4 Lasers CloudSci, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ACE Booster Completed 3 Earth Storable Propellants Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Ultraprecision Pointing Accuracy for SmallSat/CubeSat Attitude Control Systems Completed 4 Navigation Sensors QorTek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Urban Air Mobility Passenger Ride Quality Completed 3 Aeroacoustics Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Unstructured Overset Hybrid RANS/LES Simulations for Jet Noise Prediction Completed 3 Aeroacoustics Scientific Simulations, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Pneubotics - Membrane-Based Robotics for Remote Material Handling Completed 4 Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis Otherlab, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Modified Acoustic Emission for Prognostic Health Monitoring Completed 3 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Prime Photonics, LC 2026-01-22 —
Materials and Structures Optimization / Process Development for the Mega-ROSA / ROSA Solar Array Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Demonstration of Space-Qualified Environmental Evaluation Drones with Wireless Intelligent Networked Data Processing (SPEEDWINDs) Completed 4 Coatings Nanohmics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters for Space Power Management Completed 4 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation QorTek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Balanced Electric Spacecraft Thruster System Completed 6 Electrostatic Propulsion Physical Optics Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Megawatt Superconducting Motor for Electric Aircraft Completed 4 Hybrid Electric Systems Princeton Satellite Systems 2026-01-22 —
An Integrated Clinical Ensemble (ICE) for Autonomous Critical Care in Deep Space Completed 6 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Nahlia Inc 2026-01-22 —
Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor Array Completed — Environment Sensors VIP Sensors 2026-01-22 —
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Terminal Area Ride Quality and Safety Assessment Tool Completed 6 Aeroacoustics Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Energy Saving High-Capacity Moderate Pressure Carbon Dioxide Storage System Completed 3 Atmosphere Revitalization Precision Combustion, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lightweight Conformal Structures Completed 6 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing M4 Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fault Tolerant RISC-V CPU Cores and Tool Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Lewiz Communications, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Three Color Particle Optical Extinction Monitor Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Aerodyne Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Intelligent Information Processing for Enhanced Safety in the NAS Completed 3 Architecture and Design of Software systems Metis Technology Solutions, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multi Phase Flow Decomposition and Imaging Using Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography Sensors Completed 7 Habitation Systems Tech4Imaging, LLC 2026-01-22 —
FARADAYIC(R) Electrochemical Peroxide Generation for In-Situ Disinfection Completed 6 — Faraday Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
In Situ Algorithm for Orbital Debris Characterization Completed 4 Orbital Debris Tracking Redtower Enterprises, LLC DBA Redtower Labs 2026-01-22 —
Fabrication Process and Electronics Development for Scaling Segmented MEMS DMs Completed — Atmosphere Characterization Iris AO, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Laser-Directed CVD 3D Printing of Refractory Metal Rocket Propulsion Hardware Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Ultramet 2026-01-22 —
Large-Area, Multi-Junction, Epitaxial Lift-Off Solar Cells with Backside Contacts Completed 5 Photovoltaic Electrical Power MicroLink Devices, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Exploration Communications and Informatics Processing Systems (xCIPS) Completed 5 Informatics and Decision Support Systems Innoflight, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lyocell Based Carbon Carbon Composite for Use as a Large Exit Cone Material Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Carbon-Carbon Advanced Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Chip-Based ADS-B for High Density, Low Altitude UAV Operations Completed 7 Aeroacoustics KALSCOTT Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Eye Safe IR Power Beaming to GaSb PV Modules at Remote EV Charging Station Completed 6 Lasers JX Crystals 2026-01-22 —
Additively Manufactured Ceramic Heat Pipes for Space Nuclear Reactors Completed 4 Heat Transport Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Speed Closed Brayton Cycle Turboalternator Completed 5 Dynamic Energy Conversion Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High-volumetric-efficiency inflatable-rigidizable booms for secondary support structures Completed 4 Lightweight Concepts Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory 2026-01-22 —
More Durable Pin Tools for Friction Stir Welding Completed 4 Special Materials Transition45 Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Energy-Deposition to Reduce Skin Friction in Supersonic Applications Completed — Aerodynamics Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Building a Rice Decision Support System to Support Global Food Security and Commodity Markets Completed — Science Modeling Applied Geosolutions, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Solid State Inflation Balloon Active Deorbiter Completed 5 Passive Reentry Systems for SmallSats University of Arkansas 2026-01-22 —
Lightweight Nozzle Extension for Liquid Rocket Engines Completed — Cryogenic Propulsion Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Efficient CO2 and H2O Removal with Novel Adsorbents for Life Support Applications on Mars Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization Mosaic Materials, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Distributed Optical Sensing System Completed 4 Ground and Flight Test Technologies RC Integrated Systems, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Improved Gradient Modeling at Interfaces for Accurate CFD of Cryogenic Propellant Tanks Completed 5 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
An Advanced Ultrasonic Imaging System using Time-Reversal MUSIC Technique for Rapid Inspection of Ultra Large, Complex Composite Structures Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes X-wave Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
MRFEE - Self Organizing Ad-Hoc Air Traffic Control Radar Completed 4 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies WinterWinds Robotics 2026-01-22 —
Application of SystemVerilog to Science Mission Simulation Completed 5 Model-Based Systems Engineering SynaptiCAD Sales, 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.