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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 302 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Autonomous Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments Completed 4 State Estimation Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge 2026-01-22 —
Assimilation Dynamic Network (ADN) Completed 7 Cyber Infrastructure MaXentric Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Predictive Condition-Based Maintenance for Vertical Lift Vehicles Completed 4 Aeroacoustics Qualtech Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fiber-Based Adsorbents Tailored for PLSS Ammonia and Formaldehyde Removal Completed — — Serionix 2026-01-22 —
Novel Ultraviolet Laser Source for Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar Completed 4 Lasers TIPD, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Formaldehyde Profiler Using Laser Induced Fluorescence Technique Completed 5 Mirror Systems Masstech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Propulsion and Primary Structure Module for Small Satellite and CubeSat Applications Completed 4 Solids Planetary Resources Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Novel Diagnostic Tools for Production of WTPS Completed 6 Thermal Protection Systems Bally Ribbon Mills 2026-01-22 —
Power Generating Coverings and Casings Completed 4 Dynamic Energy Conversion Streamline Automation, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Wrapped-MLI: Thermal Insulation for Cryogenic Piping Completed 6 Launch Vehicle Propellant Quest Thermal Group 2026-01-22 —
Microcapillary Recuperative Heat Exchanger (MRHX) Completed 4 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use CU Aerospace, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Non-Intrusive Cryogenic Flowmeter for Existing Piping Infrastructure Completed 4 Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Compact Precision Space IMU Completed 5 Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies Inertialwave, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Polarization Entangled Photon Pair Source for Space-Based Quantum Communication Completed 5 — ADVR, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
20mN, Variable Specific Impulse Colloid Thruster Completed 6 Electrostatic Propulsion Busek Company, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) for In-Space and Additively Manufactured Materials/Structures Completed 6 Manufacturing Processes SenSigma 2026-01-22 —
Drastic Improvements in Bonding of Fiber Reinforced Multifunctional Composites Completed 6 Lightweight Structural Materials Integrated Micro Sensors, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Neuromorphic Spacecraft Fault Monitor Completed 5 Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Exploration Institute, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Autonomous Contingency Detection and Reaction for Unmanned Aircraft Completed 6 Architectures and Infrastructure Near Earth Autonomy, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Nanoporous Materials to Provide CO2 and Humidity Control for the xEMU with Minimal Power Requirements and Low Volume and Mass Completed 4 Portable Life Support System XploSafe, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Monitoring Real-Time NAS Safety with State-Dependent Risk Models Completed 2 Data Reduction Hardware Systems Robust Analytics 2026-01-22 —
Millimeter/Microwave Inspection System for Concrete and Concrete Structures to Support Lunar and Martian Habitation and Infrastructure Completed 4 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Amorphous Based Drill Bits for Icy Surface Sampling Completed 4 Sample Acquisition and Handling LM Group Holdings, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Angstrom: An Imaging Star Photometer Completed 5 Lasers Innovative Imaging and Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Smart Tooling for Manufacturing Composites Completed — Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low Gravity Drug Stability Analyzer Completed 7 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fiber Optic Sensing System for Entry Descent and Landing Completed 6 Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL Sequent Logic, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Fiber-Coupled Spectrometer for TPS Materials Completed 2 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Nano Nucleation of Unique Long Range Order Materials via Seed Crystals Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials Applied Sciences Inc 2026-01-22 —
Pulsed Green Laser for Time Resolved Raman Spectroscopy Completed 4 Lasers ADVR, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Radiation-Hardened 1.55 Micron Fiber Laser for Coherent LIDAR Completed 3 Environment Sensors AdValue Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low Boiloff Transfer Lines Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC 2026-01-22 —
MOF based Adsorbents for Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly Completed 5 Atmosphere Revitalization Mainstream Engineering Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Remote X-ray Analyzer (ReXA) Completed 3 Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment eXaminArt, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Adjoint Techniques and Acoustic Three Zone Method for the Accurate Design of Low Boom Maneuvers (ATAtZM-DLBM) Completed 6 Aeroacoustics Creative Aero Engineering Solutions 2026-01-22 —
Magnetic Dust Filtration System Completed 4 Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Pioneer Astronautics 2026-01-22 —
Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Persistent Contrails Formation Region Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Crown Consulting, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Solid-State Joining Processes for 2219 Aluminum Alloys Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Executable SysML Model Development Accelerator for the Constellation Program Completed — Software Modeling and Model Checking Tietronix Software, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Accuracy CO2 Instrumentation for UAVs Completed 4 Environment Sensors Southwest Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Lightweight Cryogenic Valve for Space Applications Completed 4 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Orbital Cryogenics 2026-01-22 —
Contaminant Robust System for Oxygen Production from Lunar Regolith Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Paragon Space Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Robust and deterministic source of photon number states Completed 4 Quantum Communications Physical Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lunar Surface Site Preparation for Landing/Launch Pad and Blast Shield Construction Completed 4 Destination Resource Exploration Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Post-Process Optimizing of Additive-Manufactured Nickel-Based Superalloys Completed 8 Manufacturing Processes REM Surface Engineering 2026-01-22 —
Variable View Factor Two-Phase Radiator Completed 5 Heat Rejection and Storage Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Lunar Inter-Spacecraft Optical Communicator Completed 6 Optimetrics Chascii, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Miniaturized Interrogation System for Marsupial Rover Sensing Tether Completed 4 Collaborative Mobility Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Thin Film Lithium Niobate Microring Modulators for Analog Photonics Completed 5 Power Efficiency Partow Technologies LLC 2026-01-22 —
Refractory Coated/Lined Low Density Structures Completed 3 Solids Materials Research and Design, 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.