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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 →

21,053 projects harvested so far — page 358 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Intercalation of Carbon Nanotube Fibers to Improve their Conductivity Project Completed 3 — Glenn Research Center
Early Detection of Overheating Polytetrafluoroethylene Insulated Wires Project Completed 5 — Glenn Research Center
Raman Scattering Proof-of-Concept Investigation to Detect Particle Phase in the Propulsion System Lab (PSL) Icing Duct Project Completed 3 — Glenn Research Center
Green Monopropellant Microtube Combustor for CubeSat Propulsion Project Completed 5 Earth Storable Propellants Glenn Research Center
Coupled Human-Space Suit Mobility Studies Project Completed 3 Pressure Garment Johnson Space Center
Direct Energy Conversion for Nuclear Propulsion at Low Specific Mass Project Completed 4 — Johnson Space Center
Force Curves to Demonstrate Methods to Increase Musculoskeletal Loading with the ARED Completed 3 Prevention and Countermeasures Johnson Space Center
Chemistry and Thermodynamics of Solid Waste Streams used in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Systems Completed 2 ECLSS Modeling and Simulation Tools Johnson Space Center
In-Space Manufacturing Development and Demonstration Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Johnson Space Center
Pitch Synchronous Segmentation of Speech Signals Completed 2 Team Preparedness and Training Johnson Space Center
Q-Thruster Breadboard Campaign Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion Johnson Space Center
Nano-Antenna For Terahertz (THz) Medical Imaging Applications Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Johnson Space Center
Ionic Monopropellant Compatibility Study Completed 4 Earth Storable Propellants Johnson Space Center
Brine Recovery in Containment (BRIC) Project, Year 2 Completed — Water Recovery and Management Johnson Space Center
Unmanned Microgravity Flight Program Completed — Prevention and Countermeasures Johnson Space Center
Textile Strain Gauge for Inflatable Structures Project Completed 3 — Johnson Space Center
Siri-Like Smart Crew Assistant, Year 1 Completed 4 Maintainability and Supportability Johnson Space Center
Testbed For Aerothermal Test Technique Development Completed 3 Ground and Flight Test Technologies Johnson Space Center
Follow-On Shaft Seal Evaluation for Future OMS Engine Series Valve Derivations Completed 9 — Johnson Space Center
Smart COPVs - Continued Successful Development of JSC IR&D Acoustic Emissions (AE) SHM Completed 3 Nondestructive Inspection, Evaluation, and Root Cause Analysis Johnson Space Center
Electrospray Ionization for Water Monitoring Completed 3 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Johnson Space Center
Carbon Nanotube Thermal Interface Materials for Enhanced Thermal Management Project Completed 3 Heat Transport Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Demonstration of 6DOF Arc-mim/mm Control in the FCT Using Proba-3 Metrology and Control System, Year 1 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LiAISON: Linked, Autonomous Interplanetary Satellite Orbit Navigation Project Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Total Dose Regeneration of COTS Using a Thermally Controlled Packaging Approach, Year 1 Completed 4 Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ultra High-Speed Imaging Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Exploration of the Use of Spiking Detectors to Solve GNC Problems Project Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory
100GB Rad Tolerant Solid State Drive (SSD), Year 2 Completed 5 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Amorphous Metals for Opto-Mechanical Fixtures and Mechanisms, Year 1 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Micro-Instrument Accommodation Survey Project Completed 3 Mirror Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nanofabricated Optomechanical Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators, Year 2 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Variable and Adaptive Coded Modulation for Cognitive Networking, Year 2 Completed 3 Cognitive Networking Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Optics for SIERRA Project Completed 4 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
3D Printed Magnetic-to-Non-magnetic Gradient Alloy Cold Encoder Shafts for Prediction and Control of Magnetic Permeability, Year 1 Completed 8 Tests, Tools, and Methods Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Graphene for Space Project Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ARES-V Adaptive Resolution Stereo-Vision Completed 6 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Next Generation Broadband Grating for Hyperspectral Thermal Infrared Imagers, Year 2 Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Development of Organic FET (OFET)-Based Flexible Integrated Controller for Deformable Mirrors, Year 1 Completed 3 Mirror Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Miniature Universal Sampling System for Scientific Instruments Project Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rapid Advanced Heliocentric Mission Design for L3, L4, L5, NEO Rendezvous, Capture, Sample Return, Year 1 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Interplanetary Autonomous Navigation with Pulsars, Year 1 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Enabling Ring-Cusp Ion Thruster Technology for NASA Missions, Year 1 Completed 4 Electrostatic Propulsion Jet Propulsion Laboratory
All-Metal Dual-Polarized W-band Patch Element for Phased Array Antenna Applications, Year 1 Completed 2 Structures and Antennas Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Retrieving Balloon Data in Flight Project Completed 4 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Enabling Nanosat Mobility and Autonomy for Small Bodies Exploration, Year 1 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
New Alkali Metal Flow Battery for Terrestrial and Aerospace Energy Storage Applications Project Completed 3 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Use of heterogeneous regenerators in sub-20K pulse tube applications Project Completed 4 Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gradient Alloy for Optical Packaging Project Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Jet Propulsion Laboratory
CIF Yagi & Radio Science Project Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Amorphous Metals for Opto-Mechanical Fixtures and Mechanisms, Year 2 Completed 4 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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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.