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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 322 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Aerogel-Based Multi-Layer Insulation with Micrometeoroid Protection Completed 3 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Flexible, High Performance Microlens Array Technologies for Integral Field Spectrographs Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Voxtel, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Downlink Fiber Laser Transmitter for Deep Space Communication Completed 6 Lasers Fibertek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Automated System for Managing Assets, Resources, and Tasks Completed 5 Propellant Production, Storage, and Transfer TRACLabs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
PermiAM: Engineered Porosity In-Situ with Fully Dense AM Structure Completed 6 Earth Storable Propellants Masten Space Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Controlled-Release Silver Biocide Device Completed 7 Water Recovery and Management Environmental and Life Support Tech. 2026-01-22 —
Modeling Sensor Radiance Modifications due to Dust Clouds from Plume Surface Interactions Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Ceramic Springs Completed 5 Ramjet/Scramjet TDA Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Cuberover for Lunar Resource Site Evaluation Completed 5 Below-Surface Mobility Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Integral Neutron and Gamma Shield Material Completed 6 Heat Sources MillenniTEK, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Cloud discrimination for ASCENDS Mission Based on Optical Phase Conjugation as a Novel Approach Completed 3 Mirror Systems ArkLight 2026-01-22 —
Macro-Fiber Composite-based actuators for space Completed 5 Optical Components Extreme Diagnostics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Properties Investigation of High-MON Oxidizers and MMH Blends for Use in Deep Space Exploration Completed 4 Earth Storable Propellants Frontier Aerospace Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Coupled Continuum-Rarefied-Granular Flow Modeling for Plume-Surface Interaction in Low-Pressure Environments Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Macro-Fiber Composite-Based Actuators for Space Completed 6 Optical Components Extreme Diagnostics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Plateau-Burning, Low Temperature-Operable Solid Propellant for Mars Sample Return Completed 4 Solids Quadrus Advanced Manufacturing, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Self-Biased Radiation Hardened Ka-Band Circulators for Size, Weight and Power Restricted Long Range Space Applications Completed 3 Flight and Ground Systems Metamagnetics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Fast Response, Fiber-Optic Micromachined Five-Hole Probe for Three-Dimensional Flow Measurements in Harsh Environments Completed 4 Ground and Flight Test Technologies Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Space Qualified, 3D-Printed, Electronic Assembly Demonstration (SPEAD) Printed Circuit Boards Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Nanohmics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Ultra-High Temperature Elastomer Sealing Materials Completed 3 Turbine-Based Combined Cycle ATSP Innovations 2026-01-22 —
Plug-and-Play ATM-Centric Speech-Enabled Agent for SMART-NAS Testbed Completed 4 Collaboration and Interaction Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Capacitive Vector Skin Friction Measurement Systems for Complex Flow Fields Completed 6 Aerodynamics Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Validation of UAM Dynamics Modeling Tool Suite Using Scaled Modular Aerial Research Testbed Completed 6 Aeroacoustics Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Information Hedging from Sensing to Cognition to ensure Coherent Decision Making Completed 6 — NodeIn 2026-01-22 —
Polymer Nanowire-Based Reversible, and Quasi Real-Time, Ethyene Analyzer Completed 4 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Innosense Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Wire-Feed Additive Manufacturing Process Control Solution with Defect Detection, Identification and Correction Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Applied Optimization, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Automated Radiation Measurements for Aviation Safety (ARMAS) Completed — Field and Particle Detectors Space Environment Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Autonomus I&C Maintenance and Health Monitoring System for Fission Surface Power Completed 6 Management and Control Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation 2026-01-22 —
4.7 THz Receivers for Heliophysics Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Virginia Diodes, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Small TEnuous Plasma Heliophysics Electric field Instrument (STEPHEI) Completed 3 Field and Particle Detectors Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Autonomous Navigation on Icy Moons and Ocean Worlds Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Veth Research Associates, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Silicon Cold Plate for CubeSat/SmallSat Thermal Control Completed 6 Heat Rejection and Storage Eotron, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ASPECT (Automated System-level Performance Evaluation and Characterization Tool) Completed 5 Architectures and Infrastructure Scientific Systems Company, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Automated High-Volume Manufacturing of Modular Photovoltaic Panel Assemblies for Space Solar Arrays Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Finite Internal Temperature Slide for Use with Colloid Experiments Completed 5 Optical Components Redwire Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Microwave Inspection Nondestructive Imaging Array Completed 4 Field and Particle Detectors Physical Optics Corporation 2026-01-22 —
20 W High Efficiency 1550 nm Pulsed Fiber Laser Completed 5 Lasers Polaronyx, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Interactive Tool for Modeling Multiple Solar Eruptions Completed 6 Field and Particle Detectors Predictive Science, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Elastic Emission Machining of Substrates for EUV, Optical, and Infrared Optics Completed 5 Mirror Systems OptiPro Systems, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multimodal Agile Ranging and Velocimetry INstrument Completed 4 Surface Mobility LambdaMetrics 2026-01-22 —
Expandable Habitat Outfit Structures Completed 4 Habitation Systems Paragon Space Development Corporation 2026-01-22 —
An Integration Platform for Dual-Polarized W-Band Antenna Arrays Completed 5 Field and Particle Detectors Nuvotronics, Inc 2026-01-22 —
PLUMMRS: A collection of Plan Ledgers and Unified Maps for Multi-Robot Safety Completed 6 Collaborative Mobility TRACLabs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Spirally Stowed Architecture for Large Photovoltaic Arrays Completed 3 Lightweight Concepts TentGuild Engineering Company 2026-01-22 —
Pilot Induced Oscillation Suppression Under Off-Nominal Conditions Using L1 Adaptive Control Completed 5 Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems ZONA Technology, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Sensing and Positioning in Deep Environments with Retrieval (SPIDER) Completed 4 Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
Microwave Photonic Imaging Radiometer Completed 3 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
An Ultra Low Power Cryo-Refrigerator for Space Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Creare, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Solid State Welding for Space Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes TGV Rockets, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Data Acquistion Controllers and Computers that can Endure, Operate and Survive Cryogenic Temperatures Completed 4 High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays B&A Engineering Systems 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.