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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 360 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Thick GCR Shield Completed 3 Protection Systems Langley Research Center 2026-02-13 —
Low Cost Upper Stage (LCUS) Propulsion Completed 6 Manufacturing Processes Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-02-13 —
Carbon Nano-Tube (CNT) Reinforced COPV Completed 6 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-13 —
High Capacity Cryocooler (2020 Cooler) Completed 5 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-13 —
New Mexico Student Groups #1 and #2 for SL-7 Completed 5 Lasers New Mexico Space Grant Consortium 2026-02-13 —
Demonstration of non-invasive acquisition of physiologic variables from spaceflight participants Completed 6 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis The Vital Space Team 2026-02-13 —
Fuel Optimal Large Divert Guidance for Planetary Pinpoint Landing (G-FOLD) (G-FOLD) Completed 5 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-02-13 —
Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring in Microgravity Completed 6 Prevention and Countermeasures Stanford University 2026-02-13 —
Global Positioning Beacon (GPB) (GPB) Completed 5 Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies Air Force Research Laboratory - Kirtland 2026-02-13 —
Cryocooler Vibrational Characterization Completed 7 Electrostatic Propulsion Ad Astra Rocket Company 2026-02-13 —
Heat Pipe Limits in Reduced Gravity Environments Completed 6 Dynamic Energy Conversion Glenn Research Center 2026-02-13 —
Physics of Regolith Impacts in Microgravity Experiment Completed 8 — University of Central Florida 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Two-Phase Heat Exchangers Design Tools Completed 6 Heat Transport University of Maryland-College Park 2026-02-13 —
Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment (GENIE) (GENIE) Completed 6 Touchdown Systems The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Satellite-Based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Operations Flight Test Completed 8 Aeroacoustics Near Space Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Autonomous Robotic Capture Completed 5 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-02-13 —
Solid State Electrolyte for Li Battery Technology Completed 5 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Fabrication Of Hybrid Gas Turbine Disk Material System By Additive Manufacturing Project Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Fabrication and Modeling of Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotube Growth on Lightweight Substrates for Multi-Functional Composite Structures Project Completed 6 Lightweight Structural Materials Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Optimizing Electrodynamics Sensor Properties for High-AO Fluence Environment Project Completed 5 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Carbon Nanotube Multifunctional Tendons for Tensegrity Robots Project Completed 6 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Shape Memory Alloy Rock Splitters Project Completed 9 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Single Cathode Ion Thruster Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Intercalation of Carbon Nanotube Fibers to Improve their Conductivity Project Completed 3 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Early Detection of Overheating Polytetrafluoroethylene Insulated Wires Project Completed 5 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Raman Scattering Proof-of-Concept Investigation to Detect Particle Phase in the Propulsion System Lab (PSL) Icing Duct Project Completed 3 — Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Green Monopropellant Microtube Combustor for CubeSat Propulsion Project Completed 5 Earth Storable Propellants Glenn Research Center 2026-02-15 —
Coupled Human-Space Suit Mobility Studies Project Completed 3 Pressure Garment Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Direct Energy Conversion for Nuclear Propulsion at Low Specific Mass Project Completed 4 — Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Force Curves to Demonstrate Methods to Increase Musculoskeletal Loading with the ARED Completed 3 Prevention and Countermeasures Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Chemistry and Thermodynamics of Solid Waste Streams used in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Systems Completed 2 ECLSS Modeling and Simulation Tools Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
In-Space Manufacturing Development and Demonstration Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Pitch Synchronous Segmentation of Speech Signals Completed 2 Team Preparedness and Training Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Q-Thruster Breadboard Campaign Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Nano-Antenna For Terahertz (THz) Medical Imaging Applications Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Ionic Monopropellant Compatibility Study Completed 4 Earth Storable Propellants Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Brine Recovery in Containment (BRIC) Project, Year 2 Completed — Water Recovery and Management Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Unmanned Microgravity Flight Program Completed — Prevention and Countermeasures Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Textile Strain Gauge for Inflatable Structures Project Completed 3 — Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Siri-Like Smart Crew Assistant, Year 1 Completed 4 Maintainability and Supportability Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Testbed For Aerothermal Test Technique Development Completed 3 Ground and Flight Test Technologies Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Follow-On Shaft Seal Evaluation for Future OMS Engine Series Valve Derivations Completed 9 — Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
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 2026-02-15 —
Electrospray Ionization for Water Monitoring Completed 3 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Johnson Space Center 2026-02-15 —
Carbon Nanotube Thermal Interface Materials for Enhanced Thermal Management Project Completed 3 Heat Transport Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-02-15 —
Demonstration of 6DOF Arc-mim/mm Control in the FCT Using Proba-3 Metrology and Control System, Year 1 Completed 3 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-02-15 —
LiAISON: Linked, Autonomous Interplanetary Satellite Orbit Navigation Project Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-02-15 —
Total Dose Regeneration of COTS Using a Thermally Controlled Packaging Approach, Year 1 Completed 4 Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-02-15 —
Ultra High-Speed Imaging Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-02-15 —
Exploration of the Use of Spiking Detectors to Solve GNC Problems Project Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-02-15 —
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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.