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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.

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21,176 projects harvested so far — page 321 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Motorless Expandable Solar Array (MESA) Completed 3 Lightweight Concepts Dynovas, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Unified Gaskinetic Methodology for Full-Knudsen-Range Flows with Chemically Reacting Effects Completed 6 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL ZONA Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
6 CFM Electrochemical Hydrogen Pump and Compressor Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials Skyre, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Green Liquid Monopropellant Thruster for In-space Propulsion Completed 4 Gels Physical Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Deployable, Lightweight, Freeze-Tolerant Radiator For Two Phase Thermal Management Completed 5 Heat Rejection and Storage Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Ontological Models to Support Planning Operations Completed 5 Execution and Control TRACLabs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Autonomous, In-Situ Detection and Speciation of Biofilms Within Extended Spaceflight Water Systems Completed 4 Water Recovery and Management Optowares, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Dispatch Operations and Control for Autonomous Fleets Completed 6 Quantum Communications Robust Analytics 2026-01-22 —
Materials and Structures Optimization / Process Development for the Mega-ROSA / ROSA Solar Array Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
OpenSWIFT-SDR for STRS Completed 4 Innovative Antennas Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
Thermally Resistant Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Lunar Applications Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries AUDIANCE 2026-01-22 —
Deep Neural Network Algorithms for Upsampling of Surface Images Completed 6 Collaborative Science and Engineering Physical Sciences, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Picometer-Resolution MEMS Segmented DM Completed 4 Mirror Systems Iris AO, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Monolithically integrated AlN/GaN electronics for harsh environments Completed 4 Space Radiation Analysis and Modeling SVT Associates 2026-01-22 —
Alloying and Casting Furnace for Shape Memory Alloys Completed 6 Smart Materials Arcast Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Nanoengineered Hybrid Gas Sensors for Spacesuit Monitoring Completed 4 Portable Life Support System N5 Sensors, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Adaptive Route Capability Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies CGH Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Turbo-Brayton Cryocooler for Aircraft Superconducting Systems Completed 4 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Advancement and Commercialization of Methane-Based Products for the Circular Economy Completed 9 Waste Management Mango Materials Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Composite Cryogenic Hydrogen Insulated Lightweight Lined Storage (C-CHILL) Completed 3 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Dynovas, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Performance Space Pump Completed 4 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Pacific Design Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Optimizing Facility Health Using System Digital Twins Completed 3 Collaborative Science and Engineering ITA International, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Single-Stage, Gelled Hydrazine System for Mars Ascent Vehicle Propulsion Completed 3 Gels Microcosm, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Comprehensive Acoustic Analysis for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles Completed 8 Aeroacoustics Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Independent Authentication of ADS-B And Transponder Equipped Aircraft Location Completed 7 — R Cubed Engineering, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Consolidation of Heat Pipes within a U-8Mo Core for High Efficiency and Long-Term Reliability Completed 6 Heat Transport The Peregrine Falcon Corporation 2026-01-22 —
High Speed Beam Steering Components for Lidar Completed 3 Lasers Meadowlark Optics Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Manufacturing Advanced Channel Wall Rocket Liners Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Ormond, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multifunctional Integrated Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip for Astronaut Health Monitoring Completed 6 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Tunable, Narrow Line Width Mid-Infrared Laser Source Completed — Lasers Maxion Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Electrically Activated Shape Memory Composite Deployable Boom Completed 3 Lightweight Concepts Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Novel Hemispherical and Dynamic Camera for EVAs Completed 6 Informatics and Decision Support Systems Xigen, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Design Cycle Modeling Tool for Wing-Strut Junction Flow Noise Completed 3 Aeroacoustics Technology In Blacksburg, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Single Photon Counting LIDAR Sensor Completed 5 Lasers Voxtel, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Nonlinear Guided Wave Circular Array System for Microcrack Monitoring in Spacecraft Completed 4 Integrated Flight Operations Systems FBS, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Electronic Procedure Verification and Workflow Management System Completed 7 Aeroelasticity TRACLabs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
An Early and In-Situ Cell Failure Detection and Reconditioning System for Lithium-Ion Batteries Completed 5 All-Electric Propulsion X-wave Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Dark coatings with tailorable BRDF and thermal-emissivity for light-blocking starshade membranes Completed 4 Mirror Systems ZeCoat Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Graphene Nanocomposite Cathode for Advanced Space Battery Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Antimony-Based Focal Plane Arrays for Shortwave-Infrared to Visible Applications Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes QmagiQ, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Cognitive Assessment and Prediction to Promote Individualized Capability Augmentation and Reduce Decrement (CAPT PICARD) Completed 3 Human Factors Engineering Charles River Analytics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Unibody Composite Pressurized Structure (UCPS) for In-Space Propulsion Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Microcosm, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Textile Strain Measurement System Completed 5 Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL Katabasis Engineering, LLC 2026-01-22 —
A Risk-Hedged Approach to Traffic Flow Management under Atmospheric Uncertainties Completed 3 Environment Sensors Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
GeSiSn PIN detector arrays for beam alignment in coherent Doppler LiDAR systems Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Freedom Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Capacitive Vector Skin Friction Measurement Systems for Complex Flow Fields Completed 6 Aerodynamics Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation 2026-01-22 —
A Distributed Resilient Autonomous Framework for Manned/Unmanned Trajectory-Based Operations Completed 4 Quantum Communications Resilient Ops, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Long-Range Compact Economical Lidar for Wind Profiling Completed 5 Lasers Beyond Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Wireless field-ready transducer acquisition device Completed 4 Design and Certification Methods Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Next Gen Components for Exoplanet Detection and Characterization Technologies Completed 6 Optical Components Lambda Consulting/Advanced Nanophotonics 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.