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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 351 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Smart Tooling for Manufacturing Composites Completed 6 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Water Properties Sensor Completed 3 Environment Sensors Kaitech, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Harsh Environment Gas Sensor Array for Venus Atmospheric Measurements Completed 4 Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management Makel Engineering, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Spacecraft Navigation and Timing Using Celestial Gamma-Ray Sources Completed 5 Revolutionary PNT Technologies Aster Labs, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Adaptive Linear Parameter Varying Control for Aeroservoelastic Suppression Completed 6 Aeroelasticity MUSYN Inc 2026-02-13 —
ATC Operations Analysis via Automatic Recognition of Clearances Completed 6 Traffic Management Concepts Mosaic ATM, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Rapid Hydrogen and Methane Sensors for Wireless Leak Detection Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion SenSanna Incorporated(formerly ASR&D) 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Modeling Tools for Controlling Complex Assets Across Time Delay Completed 5 Remote Interaction TRACLabs, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Ultra-Refractory Composites for Propulsion Applications Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Technology Assessment & Transfer, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Simulation Tool for Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators at Atmospheric and Sub-Atmospheric Pressures Completed 7 Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Tech-X Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Carbothermal Electric Reactor Completed 5 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables ORBITEC 2026-02-13 —
An Open Architecture Scaleable Maintainable Software Defined Commodity Based Data Recorder And Correlator Completed 7 Intelligent Data Understanding XCube Communication Inc 2026-02-13 —
Iodine Stabilized Seed Laser for Space Applications Completed 5 Lasers ADVR, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Bayesian Methods for Lunar Surface Navigation Completed 6 Navigation Sensors Autonomous Exploration, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Sapphire Viewports for a Venus Probe Completed 7 Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management Thoughtventions Unlimited LLC 2026-02-13 —
Ambient Preservation of Clinical Analytes Completed 4 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Connecticut Analytical Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Carbon Nanotube-based Supercapacitor Completed 3 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Luminit Government Services 2026-02-13 —
Compact Low-Power Driver for Deformable Mirror Systems Completed 3 Mirror Systems Boston Micromachines Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Coherent Laser Radar Metrology System for Large Scale Optical Systems Completed 6 Distributed Aperture Pyxisvision Incorporated 2026-02-13 —
Integrated Multidisciplinary Optimization Objects Completed 6 Tools and Methodologies for Vehicle and Concept Definition Activities M4 Engineering, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Agent-Based Collaborative Traffic Flow Management Completed 3 High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Vcrsoft, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Lightweight Inflatable Cryogenic Tank Completed 3 Lightweight Structural Materials Technology Applications, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
High Resolution, Radiation Tolerant Focal Plane Array for Lunar And Deep Space Applications Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Aerius Photonics, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Ultra-Low Noise Quad Photoreceiver for Space Based Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detection Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Discovery Semiconductors, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Aspirated Compressors for High Altitude Engines Completed 3 Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge 2026-02-13 —
A 4k-Pixel CTIA Readout for Far IR Photodetector Arrays Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes TechnoScience Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Software for Automated Generation of Reduced Thermal Models for Spacecraft Thermal Control Completed 3 Thermal Control Analysis CFD Research Corporation 2026-02-13 —
A Martian Air Battery Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Yardney Technical Products, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Thermally-Stable High Strain Deployable Structures Completed 4 Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces L'Garde, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Low Cost, Cosmic Microwave Background Telescopes (P-NASA12-003) Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc 2026-02-13 —
Remotely Controlled Mixers for LMM Colloid Samples Completed 5 Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery Redwire Space Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Novel Catalytic Reactor for CO2 Reduction via Sabatier Process Completed 4 Atmosphere Revitalization Precision Combustion, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
In Situ Metrology for the Corrective Polishing of Replicating Mandrels Completed 3 Optimetrics Zeeko Technologies, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Low Toxicity Corrosion Inhibitors for Smart Coatings Completed 7 Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation TDA Research, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Fault Management Assistant (FMA) Completed 4 Operational Assurance S&K Aerospace, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Improved Trace Gas Spectrometer Completed 4 Optical Components Southwest Sciences, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Precision Locking and Control of CW Lasers in Support of ASCENDS Completed 5 Lasers Vescent Photonics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
1 Gb Radiation Hardened Nonvolatile Memory Development Completed 3 Hazard Assessment Scientic, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
A Compact, Radiation Hardened, Stable, Low Power, Programmable Crystal Oscillator for Extreme Temperature and High Reliability Space Application Completed 5 Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies Chronos Technology (Div. of FMI, Inc.) 2026-02-13 —
Centrifuging Step-Screw Conveyor for Regolith Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials Grainflow Dynamics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Prognostic Fault Detection and Isolation for EMA and EPS Systems Completed 4 Navigation Sensors Ridgetop Group, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Miniaturized Low-Power Piezo Microvalve for NanoSat and CubeSat Propulsion Completed 6 Electrostatic Propulsion Busek Company, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Optical Mach Probe Completed 3 Aerodynamics Michigan Aerospace Corporation 2026-02-13 —
A Compact, Dual Excitation Raman Probe and Instrument for the Identification of Lunar Samples Completed 6 Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment EIC Laboratories, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Frequency Up-Conversion Detection System with Single Photon Sensitivity within 1-1.8 ¿m and 3-4 ¿m for ASCENDS Mission: A Novel Approach to Lidar Completed 3 Lasers ArkLight 2026-02-13 —
Low Cost Method of Manufacturing Space Optics Completed 7 Manufacturing Processes Ormond, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Towards Better Modeling and Simulation of Nonlinear Aeroelasticity On and Beyond Transonic Regimes Completed 6 Aeroelasticity Advanced Dynamics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Marine ASV Range Surveillance System Completed 6 Range Tracking, Surveillance, and Flight Safety Technologies Emergent Space Technologies, LLC 2026-02-13 —
High Reliability Cryogenic Piezoelectric Valve Actuator Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Dynamic Structures and Materials, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Tubular Extendible Lock-Out Composite Boom (STELOC Completed 4 Lightweight Concepts Composite Technology Development, 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.