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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 376 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Vacuum-Regenerable Sorbent for NASA’s Exploration Portable Life Support System Completed 6 XploSafe, LLC
Stretchable Shape-sensing Skins: Closing the Loop on Shape Change in Soft Robots Active 2 State Estimation Yale University
Turbine Engine Performance Estimation Using Particle Filters Completed 3 Intelligent Data Understanding Optimal Synthesis, Inc.
Broadband mid-infrared silicon metalenses based on data-driven inverse design for space deployment Completed 4 Optical Components Stanford University
Functionalization of Nanoporous Covalent Organic Frameworks to Enhance Processability and Broaden Separation Applications Completed 2 Water Recovery and Management Arizona State University-Tempe
Flight Testing of Advanced Powered Descent Guidance Algorithms Active 4 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing San Diego State University
Design, Control, and Human-Robot Coordination of Space Suits Integrated with Supernumerary Robotic Limbs Active 2 Pressure Garment Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CAMDLES: A Computational Platform for Microbial Systems Simulations Under Spaceflight Conditions Completed 4 Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling Ames Research Center
Machine Learning Tools for Predicting Solar Energetic Particle Hazards Completed 4 Space Weather Prediction New Jersey Institute of Technology
Fieldable, Real-Time NO2 Sensor Completed 4 Lasers Novawave Technologies
The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) Completed Other Sensors and Instruments Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NeuralGPR: Neural Radiance Tomography for Subsurface Lunar Ice Detection with Ground Penetrating Radar Completed 1 Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis Ames Research Center
Multi-A.U. SOLAROSA Concentrator Solar Array for Space Science Missions Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc
Inflatable Habitat with Integrated Primary and Secondary Structure Completed 4 Habitation Systems Paragon Space Development Corporation
Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table (M2T) Active 1 Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Marshall Space Flight Center
Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) Completed Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
SPLICE (Safe & Precise Landing Integrated Capabilities Evolution) Completed 6 Architecture Design and Analysis Johnson Space Center
Radiation hardness study of superconducting detectors and electronics Active 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Low-power Array for CubeSat Edge Computing Architecture, Algorithms and Applications (LACE-C3A) Completed 3 Edge Computing Utah State University
An Autonomous Optical Navigation Instrument for Deep Space Exploration Completed 3 Revolutionary PNT Technologies Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
SHERPA: Robust Precomputed Autonomy (RPA) Module Completed 2 Anomaly Detection Ames Research Center
AlGaN-based Electronic Devices for Remote Sensing Applications in Extreme Environments Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes North Carolina State University at Raleigh
DEployable Membrane Optical commuNication System Tech Demo (DEMONS) Completed 2 Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems Langley Research Center
A Lunar Long-Baseline Optical Imaging Interferometer: Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI) Completed Optical Components
Development of a Miniaturized; Multipurpose Coherent Optical Terminal Completed 3 Optimetrics Goddard Space Flight Center
Electrically Tunable Quasioptical Filters Enabled by Inverse Design of Epsilon-Near-Zero Metasurfaces Completed 2 Optical Components Baylor University
Fault Tolerant RISC-V Flight Computer with Coprocessor Support (RadPC+Coprocessor) Active 6 Low-Power Embedded Computer Systems Resilient Computing
Propellant Gauging During On-Orbit Refueling and Transfer Operations Completed 7 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Carthage College
Experimental and Computational Validation and Scaling of Power-Generating Magnetic Nozzles for Pulsed Fusion Propulsion Completed 2 Dynamic Energy Conversion University of Alabama in Huntsville
Comprehensive Simulation Lifecycle Management for High Performance Computing Modeling and Simulation Completed 4 Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards IllinoisRocstar, LLC
Dual-Aperture Fiber Nulling For High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Studies of Exoplanets Completed 2 Optical Components Ohio State University-Main Campus
CC20 NASA Image Co-registration Code Challenge Completed 3 Integrated Flight Operations Systems NASA Headquarters
High Temperature Additively Manufactured Monolithic Heat Pipe Radiators Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Advanced Lightweight Heat Rejection Radiators for Space Nuclear Power Systems Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Terrain-Aware Control and Model-Driven Learning for Quadrupeds in Low Gravity Completed 2 Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility University of Notre Dame
SWIM: Sensing with Independent Micro-swimmers (SWIM) Completed 4 Mobility Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Modular SiGe 130 nm Cell Library for Extreme Environments Completed 4 Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies Ridgetop Group, Inc.
Feature Tracking and Dynamic Measurement for Novel Science Completed 2 Situational and Self-Awareness Technologies Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robust Estimation of Uncertain Dynamic Systems using Outer Probablility Measures Completed 2 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Texas A & M University-College Station
A Validated Tool to Model Astronaut Neurovestibular Adaptation to Altered Gravity Completed 2 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis University of Colorado Boulder
Reduced Gravity Experiments to Advance CFD Boiling Models for Cryogenic Fluid Management Systems Completed 6 Cryogenic Propulsion Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modeling of Human Thermoregulation Response to Spaceflight Changes Applied to the Technological Design of EVA Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garments (LCVG) Completed 2 Pressure Garment Texas A & M University-College Station
Low-Cost Manufacturing Technique for Advanced Regenerative Cooling for In-Space Cryogenic Engines Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Analytical Services, Inc.
High Frequency Spacecraft State Estimation using Event-based Sensors Completed 2 Onboard Navigation Algorithms The University of Texas at Austin
Next generation global atmospheric water content observations leveraging Starlink constellation Completed 3 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Langley Research Center
A Novel System for Analyzing the Local State of the Environment Preceding Wildfires with the Goal to Develop Wildfire Predictors Completed 2 Modeling Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Improving the Spectral Resolution of UVOIR MKIDs through Phonon Engineering and Low Noise Electronics Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes University of California-Santa Barbara
Low Temperature Shape Memory Alloys for Adaptive, Autonomous Systems Completed 2 Kennedy Space Center
Advanced Fusion Power and Thrust Generation with Centrifugally Confined Plasmas Completed 2 Dynamic Energy Conversion University of Maryland-College Park
Advancing Radiation-Hardened CMOS Detectors for NASA Missions Active 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Rochester Institute of Technology
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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.