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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 295 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Clean Catalysts for Water Recovery Systems in Long-Duration Missions Completed 4 — Environmental and Life Support Tech. 2026-01-22 —
Combined Raman/Infrared Reflectance Instrument for In Situ Mineral Analysis Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes EIC Laboratories, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Spaceflight 2 um Tm Fiber MOPA Amplifier Completed 5 Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
An Outrigger Component for a Deployable Occulter System Completed — Structures and Antennas Roccor, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Fault Analysis and Resilience for SpaceCraft Autonomous Protection Enhancement (FARSCAPE) Completed 3 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Charles River Analytics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multipurpose Waste Disposal Bags for Heat Melt Compactor Application Completed 4 Waste Management Materials Modification, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Aeroelastically Tailored Wing Structures (ATWIST) Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge 2026-01-22 —
Real-Time Smart Tools for Processing Spectroscopy Data Completed 4 Computational Materials Signal Processing, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Isolation Platform for Long Range Optical Communications Completed 6 Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies Controlled Dynamics Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Megapixel Longwave Infrared SLS FPAs for High Spatial Resolution Earth Observing Missions Completed 4 Environment Sensors QmagiQ, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Microphone Array Signal Processing and Active Noise Control for the In-Helmet Speech Communication Completed — Aeroacoustics WEVOICE, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Broad-Band EUV Multilayer Coatings for Solar Physics Completed 4 Optical Components Reflective X-Ray Optics LLC 2026-01-22 —
Micromechanical Models for Composite NDE and Diagnostics Completed — — JENTEK Sensors, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Alternative Fabrication Designs for Carbon-Carbon (C-C) Nozzle Extensions Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Materials Research and Design, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Materials and Process for Additive Manufacturing of Large Diameter Hall-Effect Thrusters. Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Elementum 3D 2026-01-22 —
Resistive Deep Learning Neuromorphic Processors Completed 6 Cognitive Networking Applied Sciences Inc 2026-01-22 —
Software Tool for Significantly Increasing Airport Throughput Completed 2 Structures and Antennas Metron Aviation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Reconfigurable Optoelectronic Mirror Evaluation (ROME) System Completed 6 Mirror Systems Advanced Systems & Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Development of X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging Method for the Measurement of Complex 3D Ice Shapes Completed 4 Engine Icing Spectral Energies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
In-Situ EBCs for High Performance Composite Propulsion Components Completed 5 Materials for Extreme Environments Physical Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Turbo-Brayton Power Converter for Spaceflight Applications Completed 3 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Who Let the Gas Out?: NASA Tank Venting in Microgravity Challenge Completed — Cold Gas Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-01-22 —
Clean Catalysts- Porous Solid Carbon Manufacturing System Completed 9 — Environmental and Life Support Tech. 2026-01-22 —
An Intelligent Wireless Instrumentation Network (I-WIN) for Space Applications Completed 6 Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling Modularity Space 2026-01-22 —
Fiber MOPA for Ascends Completed — Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Solution Mechanism Guide (SMG) Challenge Completed — Other Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Johnson Space Center 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 3D Photonic Integration for Space Applications Completed 3 Lasers Freedom Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Algorithms for Structural Dynamics Based Fiber Optic Strain Gage Health Monitoring Completed 4 Reliability and Sustainment San Diego Composites, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Microfabricated, 94 GHz, 25 W, Helical Traveling Wave Tube Completed — Electronics Teraphysics Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Derived Weather State Information via ADS-B Completed 2 Water Recovery and Management The Innovation Laboratory, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Multifunctional Hypersonic Leading Edge with Integrated Thermal Management Completed 5 Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts ThermAvant Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Specification Editing and Discovery Assistant Completed 7 Software Modeling and Model Checking GrammaTech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Solid State Large Area Pulsed Solar Simulator for 3-, 4- and 6-Junction Solar Cell Arrays Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Angstrom Designs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Air Traffic Management Cost Assessment Tool Completed — Testing and Evaluation Robust Analytics 2026-01-22 —
P23-016 Autonomous Virtual Agent for Interactive Explanation (AVA-Ex) Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Soar Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Big Data Driven Architecture for Real Time Systemwide Safety Assurance Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies ATAC 2026-01-22 —
Improved Autonomous Navigation Through Optimal Sensor Outliers Completed 4 Lasers XAnalytix Systems 2026-01-22 —
Transported Turbulence during Climb, Cruise and Descent Completed 3 Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies WxOps, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Performance Hybrid Propulsion System for a Small Launch Vehicle Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Physical Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Risky Space Business: NASA AI Risk Prediction Challenge Completed — Model-Based Systems Engineering Langley Research Center 2026-01-22 —
Measurement of Advanced Radiation-Shielding Materials for Deployment on MISSE-FF Completed 5 Lightweight Structural Materials International Scientific Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Highly Reliable Structural Health Monitoring of Smart Composite Vanes for Jet Engine Completed 6 Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation 2026-01-22 —
3D Flash LIDAR EDL Resolution Improvement Completed 6 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Advanced Scientific Concepts, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Efficient Parallel Solver for Unsteady Flow Physics in Complex Space Propulsion Geometries Completed 5 Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies Streamline Numerics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Springback-Compensated, Submillimeter Reflectors Completed 3 Mirror Systems Vanguard Composites Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fast Pressure-Sensitive Paint System for Production Wind Tunnel Testing Completed 9 Ground and Flight Test Technologies Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Striction-based Power Monitoring in Space Environment Completed 5 Management and Control QorTek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Oxygen Recovery From Carbon Dioxide Through Electrolysis Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization Giner, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Comprehensive Modeling for Off-Earth Mining Optimization and Resource Processing Completed 4 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Ascentech Enterprises, 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.