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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 →

21,052 projects harvested so far — page 342 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Learning Coordination for Multi-Rover Planetary Exploration Completed 3 Distributed Collaboration and Coordination University of Southern California
Advanced Physical Models and Numerical Algorithms to Enable High-Fidelity Aerothermodynamic Simulations of Planetary Entry Vehicles on Emerging Distributed Heterogeneous Computing Architectures Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Stanford University
Evaluation of the BioSleeve Gesture Control Interface for Telerobotics in Microgravity Completed 5 Architecture and Design of Software systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Adaptive FSI of flexible parachutes under strong dynamic loading using strongly coupled shell mechanics and large-eddy simulation with analytical curvilinear hybrid meshing Completed 4 Aerodynamic Decelerators University of Southern California
Zero Gravity Mass Measurement Device (ZGMMD) Parabolic Flight Test Completed 9 Environment Sensors Sierra Nevada Corporation
Testing the Deployment and Rollout of the Deployable for Recovery through Atmospheric Gravity Entry (DragEN) Electrodynamic Tether for CubeSats Completed 6 Electromagnetic Tethers Saber Astronautics Australia Pty. Ltd.
GPS/Galileo Receiver for Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate (GARHEO) Completed 5 Other Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems Qascom
Structural Health Monitoring for Commercial Space Vehicles Completed 5 Reliability and Sustainment New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Droplet Pinning in Microgravity Testing Completed 5 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fuel Optimal and Accurate Landing System Test Flights Completed 6 Touchdown Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Increasing Fidelity for Lunar Sample Collection Completed 6 Sample Acquisition and Handling Honeybee Robotics, Ltd.
Space Fibers 3 Preflight Completed 6 Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes FOMS, Inc.
Development and Validation of Propellant Detonation and Propagation Modeling Methods Project Completed 6 Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management Stennis Space Center
Hydrogen Hybrid Power for Aviation Sustainable Systems (Hy2PASS) Completed — — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Blue Origin Demo of Deorbit, Descent, and Landing Sensors (BODDL-TP) Completed 6 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Blue Origin, LLC
Advanced TPS Materials Completed 5 Thermal Protection Systems Ames Research Center
A Lunar Spectroscopic Tool for Raman Analysis (LUSTRA) Active — In Situ Instruments and Sensors California Institute of Technology
Lunar Weather Array Active — In Situ Instruments and Sensors Honeybee Robotics, Ltd.
In-situ and Remote Characterization of Lunar Surface Using Standoff micro-Raman Sensor (SUCR) Active — Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors NASA Headquarters
Lunar Sample Manipulation and Containment for Sample Return Active — Manipulation California Institute of Technology
Compact Electron-Proton Spectrometer (CEPS) Active 4 Space Weather Prediction Johnson Space Center
Flight Testing of a Microfluidic Biochemical Analysis Lab-on-a-Chip Completed 6 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors University of California-Berkeley
Enabling Low-Cost, Autonomous Recovery of Small Payloads from Low Earth Orbit Completed 6 Hypersonic Decelerators SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. (SEI)
Functional Integration of Lens Free Imaging in Suborbital Flight Completed 7 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis IMEC USA Nanoelectronics Design Center Inc
Nanoindentation at Vacuum and Low Temperature for High Spatial Resolution Mechanical Surface Analysis of Coatings and Multiphase Materials Completed 6 Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Marshall Space Flight Center
The Ribbon: Structure Free Sail for Solar Polar Observation Completed — — TentGuild Engineering Company
SUPREME-QG: Space-borne Ultra-Precise Measurement of the Equivalence Principle Signature of Quantum Gravity Completed — Sensors and Instruments Northwestern University
TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling Completed — — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Inflatable Starshade for Earthlike Exoplanets Completed — — Goddard Space Flight Center
Beholding Black Hole Power with the Accretion Explorer Interferometer Completed — — Goddard Space Flight Center
Lunar Glass Structure (LUNGS): Enabling Construction of Monolithic Habitats in Low-Gravity Environments Completed — Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Skyeports LLC
Exploring Venus with Electrolysis (EVE) Completed — — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PULSAR: Planetary pULSe-tAkeR Completed — Sensors and Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Construction Assembly Destination Completed — — Thinkorbital Inc.
Fusion-Enabled Comprehensive Exploration of the Heliosphere Completed — — Helicity Space LLC
Integrated Planar Lightwave Circuits for UV Generation and Phase Modulation Completed 5 Optical Components ADVR, Inc.
Autonomous Utility Connector for Lunar Surface Systems Completed — Modeling and Simulation for Robots Honeybee Robotics, Ltd.
High Energy Density Li-ion Batteries Designed for Low Temperature Applications Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries NEI Corporation
Temperature Sensing Solution for Cryogenic Space Engines Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion MicroXact, Inc.
Development of a Cathode Liquid Feed Electrolyzer to Generate 3,600 PSI Oxygen for Both Lunar and Space Microgravity Environments Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization Giner, Inc.
Drastic Improvements in Bonding of Fiber Reinforced Multifunctional Composites Completed 6 Lightweight Structural Materials Integrated Micro Sensors, Inc.
Automated Autonomy Assessment System Completed 2 Behavioral Health and Performance Cybernet Systems Corporation
Mesoporous Silicon-Based Anodes for High Capacity, High Performance Li-ion Batteries Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries EIC Laboratories, Inc.
Low Energy Mission Planning Toolbox Completed 4 Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling Princeton Satellite Systems
A Miniaturized Sensor for Microbial Monitoring of Spacecraft Water Environment Completed 5 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors CFD Research Corporation
Semantic Sensor Web Enablement for COAST Completed 3 Public Cloud Supercomputers Vcrsoft, LLC
Intercooled Turbo-Brayton Power Converter for Spaceflight Applications Completed 3 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Creare, LLC
Pulsed, Single-Frequency, 2-um Seed Source for Coherent LIDAR Applications Completed 5 Lasers Q-Peak, Inc.
Use of Leading Edge Waves to Increase Lift/Drag Ratio Completed 6 Aeroelasticity AYCN LLC
UCDS Based Stable Injector Design Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC
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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.