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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 299 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Air Traffic Management Cost Assessment Tool Completed 4 Navigation Sensors Robust Analytics 2026-01-22 —
A Sensor Management Tool for Use with NASA World Wind Completed 6 Intelligent Data Understanding Intelligent Automation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Programmable Phase Nulling Interferometer Completed 5 Optical Components Meadowlark Optics Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Modular Electric Propulsion System with On-Demand Power Scaling Completed 6 Electromagnetic Propulsion MSNW, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multifunctional Aerogel Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonic Vehicles Completed — — Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Precision Guided Parafoil System For Sounding Rocket Recovery Completed 4 Aerodynamic Decelerators STARA Technologies Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Functionalized Nano-Film Microchannel Plate: A Single High Aspect Ratio Device for High Resolution, Low Noise Astronomical Imaging Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Arradiance, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Linear Algebra Libraries for Massive GPU Clusters Completed 4 Surface Construction and Assembly EM Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Interferometric Correlator for Acoustic Radiation & Underlying Structural Vibration (ICARUSV) Completed 4 Aeroacoustics Advanced Systems & Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Regenerable Trace-Contaminant Sorbent for the Primary Life Support System (PLSS) Completed 4 Portable Life Support System Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
UAS Demand Generation and Airspace Performance Impact Prediction Completed 2 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Intelligent Automation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
An Affordable, Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Architecture for Small Transfer Stages Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Quadrus Advanced Manufacturing, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Advancing Hyperspectral Imaging through Integrated Compressive Sensing / Inpainting via Machine Learning Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Transfer Stage Completed 6 Cryogenic Propulsion New Frontier Aerospace, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Sigma as an Augmented Cognitive Architecture for Deep Space Exploration Completed 4 Learning and Adaptation nFlux 2026-01-22 —
Agile, Assured & Compact Space Communications Completed 6 Optimetrics Innoflight, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Miniaturized Low-Power Piezo Microvalve for NanoSat and CubeSat Propulsion Completed — Electrostatic Propulsion Busek Company, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Robust Multicore Middleware Completed 8 Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Troxel Aerospace Industries, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Spatially Coherent Optical Velocimeter Array for Rapid Guided-wave NDE Completed 6 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Advanced Systems & Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Radiation Resistance Enhanced Class AB Amplifiers for Space Coronagraphic Instruments Completed 3 Mirror Systems Sunlite Science & Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Performance ADC for Reconfigurable/Reprogrammable Communication Systems Completed 4 Spectrum Efficiency Ridgetop Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Comprehensive CFD Tool for Aerothermal Environment Around Space Vehicles Completed — — CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Micropumps for Lunar Flashlight Propulsion System and Other CubeSat Missions Completed 8 — Flight Works, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Compact and Automated Library Preparation Device for Nanopore Sequencing Completed 5 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors AI Biosciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Propulsion and Primary Structure Module for Small Satellite and CubeSat Applications Completed 6 Earth Storable Propellants Planetary Resources Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
MeshSLAM: Robust Localization and Large-Scale Mapping in Barren Terrain Completed 4 Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis Mesh Robotics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Low-Cost High-Performance Hall Thruster Support System Completed — Electrostatic Propulsion Colorado Power Electronics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Accelerating ATM Optimization Algorithms Using High Performance Computing Hardware Completed — Aeroelasticity Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Innovative Laundering and Sanitization System to Extend Duration of Crew Clothing Wear Completed 5 Habitation Systems Zono Services, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Accelerometer for Space Applications Based on Light-Pulse Atom Interferometry Completed 3 Navigation Sensors AOSense, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Miniaturized Time Domain Terahertz Non Destructive Evaluation for In-Orbit Inspection of Inflatable Habitats and Thermal Protection Systems Completed 6 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Picometrix, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety - Dual Monitor (ARMAS-DM) Completed 9 Field and Particle Detectors Space Environment Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Thermal Interface Material Systems for Space Applications Completed 7 Heat Transport Applied Material Systems Engineering, Inc. (AMSENG) 2026-01-22 —
3D Microfabricated Low Loss Reconfigurable Components Completed — Power Efficiency Nuvotronics, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Additively Manufactured Propellant Tanks with Integral Propellant Acquisition Device Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Quadrus Advanced Manufacturing, LLC 2026-01-22 —
In-Situ Ethylene and Methane Production from CO2 as Plastic Precursors Completed 4 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Opus 12, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
3D High Density Wave Interconnects Completed — Electronics Nuvotronics, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Combined High-Speed, Thermal, and Event Camera Imaging Sensor for Plume-Surface Interactions Completed 4 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low Cost, High Efficiency, Pressurization System for Responsive Launch Operations Completed 5 Launch Vehicle Propellant K T Engineering Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Mesh Generation and Adaption for High Reynolds Number RANS Computations Completed 8 Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Research South, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Innovative, Lightweight Thoraeus RubberTM for MMOD and Space Radiation Shielding Completed 6 Protection Systems Nanosonic, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Satellite Collision and Risk Assessment using Machine learning (SCRAM) Completed 4 GN&C Fault Management, Fault Tolerance, and Autonomy Advanced Space, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ZeoWash: High Efficiency Low Power Washer Dryer Completed 5 Habitability and Environment The Space Research Company, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Windspeed Sensor for Planetary Science Applications Completed 4 Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management Sporian Microsystems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Blue Laser Long Range Remote Beaming System Completed 3 Lasers NUBURU Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Performance Nanolauncher Completed 7 Cryogenic Propulsion ORBITEC 2026-01-22 —
Fast Responding Pressure-Sensitive Paint for Large-Scale Wind Tunnel Testing Completed 7 Environment Sensors Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A LOX-Cooled, Pump-Fed Rocket Engine for Sample Return Applications Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Astra Space, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Low Gravity Drug Stability Analyzer Completed — Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Generalized Geophysical Retrieval and Analysis Tool for Planetary Atmospheres Completed 4 Uncertainty Quantification and Nondeterministic Simulation Methods Computational Physics, 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.