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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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21,053 projects harvested so far — page 371 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Acoustic-Field Aerosol Separator for Planetary Atmospheric Sampling Active 2 Environment Sensors University of Hawaii at Manoa
Acoustic Data-based Characterization of Incipient Boiling for Space Applications Completed 4 Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Ames Research Center
Using World Models to Enable Safety Assurances for Uncertain High-Dimensional Systems Active 2 Surface Mobility University of Southern California
Lifetime Trend Testing of the Phase Four RF Thruster for Small Spacecraft Missions (RF Thruster) Completed 8 Electrothermal Propulsion Glenn Research Center
Frequency Agile Mid-IR Source for Planetary Exploration Completed 4 Lasers Novawave Technologies
High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for Cubesat Missions Completed 8 Electrothermal Propulsion Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation
Highly mobile, self-anchoring robots for coordinated, high-force environmental interaction Completed 2 Collaborative Mobility University of California-Santa Barbara
Stability of in-space cryogenic systems Completed 6 Cryogenic Propulsion New Jersey Institute of Technology
Regeneratively-Cooled, Pump-Fed Propulsion Technology for Nano / Micro Satellite Launch Vehicles Completed 5 Cryogenic Propulsion Astra Space, Inc
Determination of Cryogenic Pool Boiling and Subsurface Helium Pressurization Characteristics in Reduced Gravity Completed 6 Cryogenic Propulsion University of Florida
Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source at 1030nm for LIDAR Remote Sensing Completed 3 — Freedom Photonics, LLC
Space Waste Revolution Challenge Completed 2 Logistics Management Marshall Space Flight Center
Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies Completed 2 Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility Stanford University
Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE) Completed — Other Exploration Destination Systems —
Quantum Phase Unwrapping Completed 2 Quantum Computer Goddard Space Flight Center
FarView Observatory – A Large, In-Situ Manufactured, Lunar Far Side Radio Array Completed — Manufacturing Processes Lunar Resources, Inc.
Multifunctional Composite Textile Materials for Advanced Spacesuits Completed 2 Special Materials Rice University
Oscillating Heat Pipe Thermal Hinge for Passive Thermal Management Completed 2 Heat Rejection and Storage Brigham Young University-Provo
SmallSat Steward: Autonomous Online Learning and Planning for Safe Inspection of Cislunar Stations Completed 3 Edge Computing University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Intelligent Perception for Autonomous Characterization and Relative Navigation of Small Bodies Completed 2 Navigation Sensors Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Numerical Methods for Distributed Spacecraft Remote Sensing Coverage Analysis Completed 2 Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design The University of Texas at Austin
Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cis-lunar Operations (DRACO) Completed 3 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Deep Space PNT Instrument (DESPINA) Completed 3 Revolutionary PNT Technologies University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
High SBS-Threshold Er/Yb Co-Doped Phosphate Glass Fiber Amplifiers for High Power, Sub-us Pulsed, Narrow Linewidth, All Fiber-Based Laser Transmitter Completed — Lasers NP Photonics, Inc.
The Nyx Mission to Observe the Universe from Deep Space - Enabled by EmberCore, a High Specific Power RadioisotopeElectric Propulsion System Completed — Solar Thermal Propulsion Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation-Technologies
Relative Position Sensing System for Precision Formation Flying Spacecraft Completed 4 Distributed Aperture Goddard Space Flight Center
GEAR3: Genetically Engineered Automatable Real-time cell Radiation Reporters Completed 2 Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling Ames Research Center
Proof-of-concept reusable origami bladder for cryogenic propellant acquisition Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Washington State University
Enhancement of Long-Term Behavioral Health Through Virtual Reality Technologies Completed 2 Behavioral Health and Performance Texas A & M University-College Station
A Revolutionary Approach to Interplanetary Space Travel: Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH) Completed — Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis —
New Lidar Laser Configuration for Earth Science Measurements Completed 6 Lasers Fibertek, Inc.
High Speed Compressor for Subcooling Propellants Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Barber-Nichols, Inc.
MARVY: Mars Velocity Sensor Completed 4 Aerodynamic Decelerators Michigan Aerospace Corporation
JANUS 3.0: Enabling game changing external environment payload accommodation on suborbital reusable launch vehicles Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory
Investigation of spin manipulation in phase-engineered monolayer Janus TMDCs for low power device operation in extreme environments Completed 2 Electronics University of South Florida-Main Campus
Investigation of Rydberg Sensor for Earth Science Remote Sensing Completed 2 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center
Apis™ Capture Bags for Collection of Large Orbital Debris: Ground Test Bed Demonstrations and Payload Commercialization Completed 4 Other Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems Trans Astronautica Corporation
Klystron Amplifier Utilizing Scandate Cathode and Electrostatic Focusing Completed 4 Power Efficiency E-beam, Inc.
A First Response Crew Mask for Ammonia, Hydrazine and Combustion Products Completed 4 Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery TDA Research, Inc.
Advancement of an Actuated Upper Extremity Offload System for Integration into ARGOS (ARC-ANGEL) Completed 4 Ground Analogs for Space and Surface Systems Johnson Space Center
Fast Responding Pressure-Sensitive Paint for Large-Scale Wind Tunnel Testing Completed 9 Environment Sensors Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.
MoonFALL Completed 4 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Space Club
LiDAR Hazard Detection for Safe and Precise Lunar Landing Completed 4 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
Nucleation of Cryogenic Bubbles in Spacecraft Liquid Acquisition Devices .:. Knowledge Payload Completed 7 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Purdue University-Main Campus
Advancement of Geometric Methods for Active Terrain Relative Navigation Completed 4 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Johnson Space Center
Lightweight, Multifunctional Nanocomposites for High-Voltage Insulation on the Moon Completed 4 Distribution and Transmission Cornell University
A diamond nanophotonics platform for quantum communication with multiplexed qubit repeaters Completed 3 Revolutionary PNT Technologies Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Solar White Coating Development Completed 4 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Kennedy Space Center
Performance of Autonomy and Identity for Trust- and Workload-Sensitive Interaction with Distributed Autonomous Systems Completed 3 Multimodal and Proximate Interaction Colorado School of Mines
Silicon Integrated Photonics for THz/far-IR Receivers Completed 1 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors 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.