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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 375 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Adaptive Controls for Active Structural Control Completed 2 Autonomous Systems Armstrong Flight Research Center
Multi-Configuration Matched Spectral Filter Core Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Optra, Inc.
Effects of Extraterrestrial Gravity on Soil Fluidization Imposed by an Ultrasonic Probe Completed 4 In Situ Resource Use Glenn Research Center
Quantum Communication Links using Coherent-Filter-Based Transmitter-Receiver Pairs Completed 4 Revolutionary PNT Technologies University of Oregon
Space Qualified, Radiation Hardened, Dense Monolithic Flash Memory Completed 5 Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Space Micro, Inc.
"Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances" Completed — Solar Thermal Propulsion —
Alternative Hydrocarbon Propulsion for Nano / Micro Launch Vehicle Completed 7 Earth Storable Propellants Garvey Spacecraft Corporation
Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge (SSDBD) Device for Turbulent Skin Friction Drag Reduction and Flow Control Completed 4 Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Spectral Energies, LLC
Cooperative Control and Localization of Multiple Spacecraft using a Multi-Agent Mission Operations System Completed 5 — Interstel Technologies, Inc.
ACCURACy: Adaptive Calibration of CUbesat RAdiometer Constellations Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes SUNY at Albany
Ion Optics Development for the iBeam Approach for Planetary Defense Completed 3 Electric Space Propulsion Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rapid Computational Methods for the Evaluation of Distributed Space Mission Performance Completed 2 Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design University of Central Florida
Digitally-Engineered Impact Resistant Aerogel Composites for MMOD Protection Completed 2 Thermal Protection Systems Glenn Research Center
High Power Density Pressurized Monolithic Zirconia Electrolyzers Completed 4 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Alternative energy materials
Lab-on-a-Robot Platform for In-Situ Planetary Compositional Analysis Completed 8 Detectors and Focal Planes HJ Science & Technology, Inc.
Microsatellite Direct Drive SEP Module for Interplanetary Exploration via Rideshare Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion ExoTerra Resource, LLC
Development of a high-fidelity emulator of a full physics model for dense observing systems in atmospheric science Completed 3 Science Modeling University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Flame Retardant Polyamide Fibers for Space Crew Clothing Active 4 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Materials Modification, Inc.
Low Temperature Trash Gasification Reactor Completed 5 Logistics Management TDA Research, Inc.
Analysis and simulation of robot-terrain interaction sound for estimation of terrain properties and detection of anomalies Active 2 Modeling and Simulation for Robots University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In-Space Cryogenic Propellant Transfer (ISCPT) Completed 2 Cryogenic Systems Marshall Space Flight Center
Ultra-stable hyperspectral imaging spectrometer Completed 1 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center
Find me on the Moon: NASA Lunar Navigation Challenge Completed 3 Navigation Technologies Johnson Space Center
Robust Onboard Decision Making with Balanced Risk and Science Utility in Dynamic Mission Conditions Completed 3 Reasoning and Acting Technologies Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Orbital Power Beaming to Provide Increased Mobility; Flexibility; and Science Measurements on the Lunar Surface Completed 1 Distribution and Transmission Langley Research Center
Stratospheric Optical Link Demonstration (SOLD) Completed 6 Optical Communications Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Kilometer-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch Completed 3 Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts Carnegie Mellon University
Autonomous Science with a Network of in situ Gas Sensors Completed 3 Autonomous Systems Goddard Space Flight Center
A 3D hiPSC cortical tissue model for quantifying the effects of galactic cosmic radiation on functional cortical networks Active 2 Radiation Mitigation and Biological Countermeasures University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Advancement in the Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator (CADR) Technology For The Next Generation Of Cryogenic Detectors Completed 5 Cryogenic/Thermal Systems Goddard Space Flight Center
Development of a Plasma Injector for Supersonic Drag Reduction Completed 3 Aerodynamics Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.
Cryogenic and Vacuum Compatible Metrology Systems Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Flexure Engineering
Low Temperature, High Energy Density Micro Thin Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Nano EnerTex
A Grid-Based, Bayesian Approach to Uncertainty Propagation for Icy-Moon Missions Active 2 Onboard Navigation Algorithms University of California-San Diego
Toward Universal Quantum Optimal Photonic Processing Using Quantum Computation Active 2 Revolutionary PNT Technologies University of Arizona
Plasma-photocatalytic conversion of extraterrestrial CO2 using nanofibrous catalytic membrane reactors Completed 2 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables University of Alabama at Birmingham
Plasma Fairings for Quieting Aircraft Landing Gear Noise Completed 4 Aeroacoustics Innovative Technology Applications Co.
Solar System-Scale VLBI to Dramatically Improve Cosmological Distance Measurements Completed — Lasers —
Touchless Charge Sensing of Neighboring Spacecraft in Cislunar Space Completed 2 Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power University of Colorado Boulder
Integrated System Health Management for Flexible Exploration Completed 4 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Qualtech Systems, Inc.
Low-Cost Lidar for Wake-Vortex and Other Hazard Detection Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Q-Peak, Inc.
Mission-Aware Payloads for Unmanned Platforms Completed 4 Learning and Adaptation Mosaic ATM, Inc.
Bayesian Uncertainty Propagation Using Multi-Fidelity Subsystem Models in Design of Precision-Pointed Space Telescopes Completed 2 Uncertainty Quantification and Nondeterministic Simulation Methods Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Near-Noiseless Receiver Agnostic Phase-Sensitive Pre-amplifier Based on PPLN Waveguides for High Speed Optical Near-Earth/Near-Lunar Satellite Networks Completed 4 Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems Goddard Space Flight Center
Drone Facilitated Instrumentation for Electric-Field & Lightning Detection (Drone-FIELD) Completed 2 Sensors and Instruments Armstrong Flight Research Center
Quantitative Optimization of Planetary Excavation Methods Active 2 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation University of Central Florida
Exploring Electrostatic Regolith Interactions in Low-gravity Completed 7 Ground Analogs for Space and Surface Systems University of Central Florida
Increasing the Technology Readiness of a Novel, Scalable Electro-Responsive Soft Actuator Completed 2 Flexible Material Systems Yale University
Automated Patterning of Customized Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacesuit Pressure Garment Arm Assemblies Completed 2 Pressure Garment Texas A & M University-College Station
CC21 Lunar Gateway Cargo Packing & Storing Completed 2 Maintainability and Supportability Kennedy Space Center
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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.