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 32 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Magnet Shielding for Magnetic Spectrometers	Completed	2	Field and Particle Detectors	Goddard Space Flight Center
IRAD - Plasma spectroscopy through direct detection with CMOS imaging sensors	Completed	4	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
A Computational Approach to Understanding the Shape Memory of Ionic Polyimides for Additive Manufacturing	Completed	1	Structures	Marshall Space Flight Center
Acoustic Blanket Response on Composite Panels	Completed	5	Vibroacoustics	Marshall Space Flight Center
Artificial Intelligence Thermal Control	Completed	4	Measurement and Control	Marshall Space Flight Center
Broad-Band Space Structure Tension Damper	Completed	4	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Marshall Space Flight Center
Direct Thrust Measurements of Electrostatic Sail Tethers	Completed	3	Propulsion Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Lasing without Gain Inertial Sensors	Completed	3	Revolutionary PNT Technologies	Marshall Space Flight Center
SmallSat Gamma Ray Detector Pulse Shape Discrimination	Completed	3	Electronics	Marshall Space Flight Center
Wireless SmallSatInterface Technology for Rapid Mission Integration and Post-Deployment Reconfigurability	Completed	4	Wireless Avionics Technologies	Marshall Space Flight Center
Paramagnetic Ionic Liquids for Enhanced Gas Absorption	Completed	3	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Marshall Space Flight Center
Solid Hybrid Propulsion Technology Test Bed	Completed	5	Chemical Space Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
Enhanced equipment isolation in extreme vibratory environments using rotational inertial devices	Completed	2	Loads and Vibration	Marshall Space Flight Center
Quasi-Wireless Capacitive (QWiC) Surface Power for Adaptive and Reconfigurable Sensor Elements on Space Infrastructure	Completed	4	Distribution and Transmission	Marshall Space Flight Center
Polymer Coatings with Glass Bubbles for Thermal Radiation Control in Space	Completed	1	Structures	Marshall Space Flight Center
Viability Assessment of Printed Powerless Sensors Structures for Aerospace Environment	Completed	2	Sensors and Instruments	Marshall Space Flight Center
EUV Coronagraph CubeSat (COQI)	Completed	3	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	Marshall Space Flight Center
Utilizing Synthetic and In Situ-Generated Materials for Additive Manufacturing	Completed	2	Structures	Marshall Space Flight Center
Free Form Fabrication of a Demonstration RS25 Jacket Part using Large Scale Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) Additive Technique	Completed	1	Manufacturing Processes	DM3D Technology
Printed Metallic Sensors Based on 3D Printing and Laser Sintering of Al Nanoinks	Completed	4	Sensors and Instruments	Marshall Space Flight Center
Polymer Based Metal Replacement Materials	Completed	1	Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines	Techmer PM
Increased Energy Density of Solid State Supercapacitors for Habitats via Advanced Manufacturing	Completed	4	Aerospace Power and Energy Storage	Marshall Space Flight Center
Improving dielectric strength to achieve a giant energy storage density in ferroelectric based ultra-capacitors	Completed	1	Grappling Technologies	Auburn University
Evaluation of Intelligent Sensor Platforms for 3D Printed Electronics for Space Applications	Completed	1	Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring	University of Alabama in Huntsville
Development of a Low Cost, Low Pressure, Light Weight, MON/MMH Bi-prop 100lb Thruster with 300 Isp	Completed	3	Chemical Space Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
Optimization of Low-Thrust, Many Revolution Trajectories Including Planetary Capture and Escape	Completed	3	Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design	Goddard Space Flight Center
Photonic Lantern - Optical Com Receiver development	Completed	3	Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies	Goddard Space Flight Center
Astronaut-Deployed Magnetometers for the Moon & Beyond	Completed	5	Field and Particle Detectors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Development of a novel imaging calorimeter for gamma-ray and cosmic ray studies.	Completed	5	In Situ Instruments and Sensors	—
Development of an On-Chip Integrated Spectrometer for Far-IR Astrophysics	Completed	1	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Development of compact Superconducting On-chip Fourier Transform Spectrometers arrays for sub-millimeter astronomy and cosmology.	Completed	2	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	University of Chicago
Sonic Boom Community Response Metric & Methodology	Completed	4	Aeroacoustics	Langley Research Center
Demonstration of Design and Flight Operation Methods for Reduced Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Aircraft Noise Impact	Completed	3	Aeroacoustics	Langley Research Center
Accurate Strength & Life Prediction	Completed	3	Computational Materials	Langley Research Center
Rapid Inspection & Characterization	Completed	4	Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
Efficient Manufacturing Process Development	Completed	6	Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
Laser-Enhanced Mission Navigation and Operational Services (LEMNOS) Optical-to-Orion (O2O) Space Terminal (LEMNOS O2O)	Completed	5	Optimetrics	Goddard Space Flight Center
Turbulence, Transition, and Numerical Method Technologies	Completed	3	Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies	Glenn Research Center
Integrated Lasercomm LEO User Modem Amplifier - Terminal (ILLUMA-T) on International Space Station (ISS) (ILLUMA-T on ISS)	Completed	5	Optimetrics	Goddard Space Flight Center
Self-guided Depression Treatment on Long-duration Space Flights: A Continuation Study	Completed	6	Behavioral Health and Performance	National Space Biomedical Research Institute
A Multi-Media, Computer-Based, Self-Directed, Autonomous, Stress and Anxiety-Management Countermeasure	Completed	6	Prevention and Countermeasures	National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Space Radiation Risk Assessment	Completed	5	Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling	Johnson Space Center
Lunar EVA Dosimetry: Microdosimeter-Dosimeter Instrument (PI Ziegler)	Completed	6	Monitoring Technology	National Space Biomedical Research Institute
KSC Science Payload Computer - FY19 IRTD (SHREC)	Completed	6	In Situ Instruments and Sensors	Kennedy Space Center
Regenerative Ammonia Removal from ISS Wastewater - FY19 IRTD	Completed	5	Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and Habitation Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (IMR) Tools for Autonomous Ground Operations	Completed	5	Infrastructure Optimization	Kennedy Space Center
Higher Aspect Ratio Optimal Wing	Completed	3	Aeroelasticity	Glenn Research Center
(Arabidopsis Suberin Mutants) Evaluating Plant Suberin Mutants for Enhanced Water and Nutrient Uptake to Increase Biomass Production Under Elevated CO2 Concentrations	Completed	3	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Kennedy Space Center
EDS Technology (Helmet Visor and Stereo Camera) FY20 IRTD NextSTEP	Completed	4	Pressure Garment	Kennedy Space Center
Alternative Plasma Sources for Space Agricultural Applications - FY20 IRTD	Completed	3	Waste Management	Kennedy Space Center

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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.

💻 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.