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 374 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Evaluating the Performance of Cutting-Edge UV Gratings for NASA's Next Generation Space Telescopes	Completed	2	Optical Components	University of Iowa
Onboard Chemically Specific Monitoring and Detection of Microorganisms	Active	2	Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Testing for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems: Identification of Technologies for Effluent Treatment in Test Facilities	Completed	2	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Stennis Space Center
Optimization of Novel Synthetic Substrates for Plant Growth in Space	Active	2	Transformative Health and Performance Concepts	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Microgravity Testing of a Large-Scale Liquid Acquisition Device for Cryogenic Fluid Management	Completed	6	Cryogenic Propulsion	Southwest Research Institute - San Antonio
Watts on the Moon - Phase 2	Completed	4	Distribution and Transmission	Marshall Space Flight Center
Development of A Novel Receiver for Coherent Communication	Completed	3	Atmospheric Mitigation	Goddard Space Flight Center
Low Preload Ice Anchoring Grippers for Icy Worlds Mobility	Active	2	Surface Mobility	University of California-Berkeley
Draper Multi-Environment Navigator (DMEN) Hazard Detection Campaign	Completed	6	Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing	The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Non-Gaussian Estimation using Intrusive Polynomial Chaos	Active	2	Rendezvous and Docking Algorithms	The University of Texas at Austin
Fabrication and Optimization of Nanotechnology for X-ray TES Sounding Rocket Instrument	Active	2	Detectors and Focal Planes	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advanced in situ and operando characterization of batteries under ultra-low temperature conditions	Completed	2	Electrochemical Storage: Batteries	Princeton University
Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) Prototype Flight	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	Northeastern University
Light Weight, Scalable Manufacturing of Telescope Optics	Completed	3	Manufacturing Processes	ReliaCoat Technologies, LLC
Developing hyperspectral; polarimetric libraries for remote sensing applications: From marine debris detection to national security.	Completed	2	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
A-LiST - (Automated LiDAR Scanning Topography)	Completed	3	Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing	The University of South Florida Institute of Applied Engineering
Tunable Interior Rotorcraft Noise Control	Completed	4	Smart Materials	Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.
ModulAr - Electric Grid Integrates Sensing Shield (M-AEGISS)	Completed	2	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Marshall Space Flight Center
Lightweight, Hybrid Screen-Channel Device for Advanced Cryogenic Fluid Management	Completed	6	Cryogenic Propulsion	Creare, LLC
Computationally-Efficient Large Divert Guidance	Completed	2	Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Measurement of Spray Heat Transfer for In-Space Cryogenic Transfer Systems	Active	4	Cryogenic Propulsion	Purdue University-Main Campus
Advanced Physical Optics Modeling of Spaceborne Optical Systems	Completed	2	Model-Based Systems Engineering	University of Arizona
Lunar Operations Coordination (LOC) to enable Lunar Traffic Management and Surface Exploration	Completed	2	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Ames Research Center
Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats (RETHi)	Completed	2	Integrated Systems Safety	Purdue University-Main Campus
RadPC@scale - Suborbital Flight Demonstration of a Radiation Tolerant Computer System at-Scale	Completed	7	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Montana State University - Bozeman
DURA-Peel, DURACON-Based Removable High Accuracy IR Thermography Coatings	Completed	4	Environment Sensors	Materials Technologies Corporation
150W / 90K Cryocooler Development	Completed	5	In-Space Propellant Storage and Use	Glenn Research Center
Fault Tree Generation and Augmentation	Completed	5	Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling	WW Technology Group
Gas Separations for Lunar ISRU with Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes	Completed	2	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	University of Colorado Boulder
Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT)	Completed	—	Surface Construction and Assembly	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Energetic Ion Mitigation Methodology for High Power Plasma Thruster Cathodes	Completed	4	Electrostatic Propulsion	ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc.
Development of New Technologies for Modified Collins Cycle Expanders	Completed	4	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advanced Visualization Pipeline for Granular Material; ISRU; and Exploration	Completed	4	In Situ Resource Use	Glenn Research Center
LITTLE OWL (Low SWAP-C Nighttime Landing Hazard Detection System)	Completed	4	Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing	Falcon ExoDynamics, Inc.
Dispersion Compensation of Mid-Infrared Frequency Comb Spectrometer for Planetary Science	Completed	2	Optical Components	Princeton University
Enabling Low-power Smart Sensors with Machine Learning Calibration	Completed	2	Intelligent Data Understanding	SUNY at Albany
Utilizing asexual reproductive abilities of Kalanchoe for a space-based biomanufacturing system	Active	2	Habitation Systems	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Highly Parallel, Fast Memory, Peripheral Access for RISC-V Many-Core Processors	Completed	3	Flight Computing and Avionics	Lewiz Communications, Inc.
Structural Integrity Inspection and Visualization System	Completed	4	Lightweight Concepts	Physical Optics Corporation
Investigation of Noncondensable and Autogenous Unsettled Cryogenic Pressurization Schemes in Reduced Gravity	Completed	6	Cryogenic Propulsion	The Aerospace Corporation
In-Flight Food Systems' Effect on Astronaut Health	Completed	1	Long-Duration Health	Ames Research Center
Calculation of Effective Material Strengths for 3D Woven Hybrid Preforms and Composites	Completed	4	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Materials Research and Design, Inc.
Design and fabrication of a microgravity capable sanitization unit	Completed	2	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Kennedy Space Center
Atmospheric Observational Capability on Commercial Reusable Launch Vehicles	Completed	6	Atmospheric Characterization and Mitigation	Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory
Improved Nucleation-Mode Aerosol Sizing Spectrometry through Pulse Height Analysis (NMASS-PHA)	Completed	3	Environment Sensors	Langley Research Center
Biological Augmentation of Off-World Regolith using Aeroponics to Support Regenerative Cropping Operations	Active	2	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Texas A & M University-College Station
Ultra-Conductive Copper Wires for LUNAR HVPT	Completed	4	Distribution and Transmission	The University of Texas at Austin
Fusion Enhanced Vehicle Level Diagnostic System	Completed	5	Intelligent Data Understanding	Global Technology Connection, Inc.
Develop Human Brain Organoid-on-Chip Testbed and Novel Antioxidant Countermeasure Cocktails for In-Flight Brain Damage	Completed	2	Radiation Mitigation and Biological Countermeasures	Utah State University
Application of a novel distillation reverse osmosis process to reduce mass and improve performance in spacecraft and planetary water recovery systems	Completed	2	Water Recovery and Management	University of Colorado Boulder

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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.