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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 348 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
An Implant-Passivated Blocked Impurity Band Germanium Detector for the Far Infrared Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes TechnoScience Corporation 2026-02-13 —
A 750MHz and a 8GHz High Bandwidth Digital FFT Spectrometer Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Mosaix Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
1.55 Micron High Peak Power Fiber Amplifier Completed 4 Lasers AdValue Photonics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Automated Hybrid Microwave Heating for Lunar Surface Solidification Completed 4 Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials Ceralink, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Design Environment for Multi-Fidelity and Multi-Disciplinary Components Completed 7 Tools and Methodologies for Vehicle and Concept Definition Activities Mechanical Solutions, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
High Performance Plasma Channel Insulators for High Power Hall Thrusters Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion Sienna Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Novel Wick Structures for Improved Heat Pipe Performance Completed 3 Heat Transport Thermacore, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Lightweight Metal Matrix Composite Segmented Optic Manufacture Completed 5 Mirror Systems Hardric Laboratories, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Expendable Guided Dropsonde Completed 6 Aerodynamic Decelerators Latitude Engineering 2026-02-13 —
Extreme Temperature Gearhead Completed 5 Surface Mobility Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. 2026-02-13 —
Metric Tracking of Launch Vehicles Completed 4 Site Management for Launches, Tests, and Operations Toyon Research Corporation 2026-02-13 —
In Situ Water Isotope Analyzer for Moon Exploration Completed 5 Environment Sensors Vista Photonics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integration into the NAS Completed 2 Cryogenic Propulsion Metron Aviation, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Inexpensive Reliable Oil-Debris Optical Sensor for Rotorcraft Health Monitoring Completed 6 Optimetrics Translume, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Expandable/Foldable Structures for Habitat Completed 4 Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts Folded Structures Company, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Nonventing Thermal and Humidity Control for EVA Suits Completed 3 Portable Life Support System Creare, LLC 2026-02-13 —
High Temperature Sensors Using Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanowires Completed 4 Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management HARP Engineering, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor Array Completed 5 Environment Sensors VIP Sensors 2026-02-13 —
Deep Space Navigation and Timing Architecture and Simulation Completed 6 Navigation Sensors Microcosm, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Experimental Model Based Feedback Control for Flutter Suppression and Gust Load Alleviation Completed 5 Ground and Flight Test Technologies ZONA Technology, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Nanostructured Cathode for Ultra High Specific Energy Lithium Ion Batteries Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Scientic, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Smart Adaptive Flight Effective Cue (SAFE-Cue) Completed 6 Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems Systems Technology, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Software for Automated Generation of Reduced Thermal Models for Spacecraft Thermal Control Completed 5 Thermal Control Analysis CFD Research Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Atmospheric Aerosol Analysis using Lightweight Mini GC Completed 6 Environment Sensors Seacoast Science, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Continued Optimization of Low-Density Foam-Reinforced Ablatives for High-Velocity, High Heat Flux Earth Return Missions Completed 4 Thermal Protection Systems Ultramet 2026-02-13 —
High-Resolution Silicon-based Particle Sensor with Integrated Amplification Completed 4 Field and Particle Detectors Svaati Scientific LLC 2026-02-13 —
Next Generation Gamma/Neutron Detectors for Planetary Science. Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Rad Hard Imaging Array with Picosecond Timing Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes LightSpin Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Hierarchical Orbital Observatory Deployable Shroud (HOODS) Completed 4 Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces Aerospace & Bonded Structures, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Interfacial Design of Composite Ablative Materials Completed 4 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Compact, Controlled Force Crew Exercise System Completed 6 Prevention and Countermeasures Streamline Automation, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Inexpensive Instrument for In Situ Characterization of Particulate Matter in Volcanic Ash Plumes Completed 4 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Vista Photonics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Wide Temperature Range Hybrid Energy Storage Device Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Eltron Research & Development, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Microcrack Resistant Matrix Materials for Out-of-Autoclave Processing of Composite Cryogenic Tanks Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials Composite Technology Development, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Nano-structures Enhanced Novel Composite Electrode Material for Batteries Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Scientic, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Integrated Ceramic Matrix Composite and Carbon/Carbon Structures for Large Rocket Engine Nozzles and Nozzle Extensions Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Ultramet 2026-02-13 —
Pneumatic Proboscis Heat Flow Probe Completed 4 Heat Transport Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. 2026-02-13 —
Fiber-Optic Pyrometer for Thermal Protection Systems Completed 4 Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Silver Ion Biocide Delivery System for Water Disinfection Completed 4 Water Recovery and Management Reactive Innovations, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Hybrid Direct Drive PPU with Extended Operating Range Completed 4 Electrostatic Propulsion Colorado Power Electronics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Aqueous Phase Catalyst Development using Combinatorial Methods Completed 6 Water Recovery and Management UMPQUA Research Company 2026-02-13 —
Fortran Testing and Refactoring Infrastructure Completed 4 Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards Tech-X Corporation 2026-02-13 —
An Efficient Heat Exchanger for In Situ Resource Utilization Completed 4 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Creare, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Distributed Rocket Engine Testing Health Monitoring System Completed — Operations, Health, and Maintenance for Ground and Surface Systems American GNC Corporation 2026-02-13 —
All Optical Vector Magnetometer Completed 3 Electronics Southwest Sciences, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Tactile Data Entry System Completed 4 Distributed Collaboration and Coordination Barron Associates, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Integrated Sublimator Driven Coldplate for use in Active Thermal Control System Completed 4 Heat Acquisition Paragon Space Development Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Fast Cure Repair Kit for Composites Completed 5 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
A Cold Cycle Dilution Refrigerator for Space Applications Completed 3 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Atlas Scientific 2026-02-13 —
Universal Sample Preparation Module for Molecular Analysis in Space Completed 3 Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment Lynntech, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
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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.