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 382 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Development of an Electrodeless Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster	Active	2	Electrostatic Propulsion	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Development of Transient Modeling Capabilities for Liquid Core Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines	Active	2	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dry Film Lubricants for Heaterless Actuators	Active	2	Surface Mobility	University of California-Merced
Electrochemical Impedance Sensors for Microbial Monitoring in Spacecraft Wastewater Systems	Active	2	Water Recovery and Management	Montana State University - Bozeman
Engineering Cyanobacteria for Chemical Bioproduction on Mars	Active	2	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Epitaxial Integration of Vacuum Cavities for Chip-Scale Cold Atom Sensors	Active	2	Detectors and Focal Planes	The University of Texas at Austin
Experimental Characterization of Jet Interaction Effects for EDL Vehicle Configurations	Active	2	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	The University of Texas at San Antonio
Experimental Characterization of Magnetohydrodynamic Effects in Planetary Entry Plasmas	Active	2	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	University of Colorado Boulder
Exploration of powder synthesis and additive manufacturing of refractory metal alloys for space nuclear propulsion	Active	2	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	University of California-Santa Barbara
Functionalization of 3D DNA Nanomaterials and Nanoarchitectures for Space-Based Technology	Active	2	Detectors and Focal Planes	New York University
Imaging and Analysis Framework for Parachute Micro-structural Basis	Active	2	Aerodynamic Decelerators	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Investigation of Spallation in Low Permeability TPS Materials	Active	2	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	University of Kentucky
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Space-Based Infrared Astronomy	Active	2	Detectors and Focal Planes	California Institute of Technology
Long-Duration, Risk-Aware, Goal-Directed Adaptive Sampling for Autonomous Vehicle Exploration	Active	2	Execution and Control	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lunar Regolith Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Space Habitation Applications	Active	2	Lightweight Structural Materials	Syracuse University
Modeling the Mechanical Behavior of GRX-810: a High-Performance Material for Extreme Aerospace Applications	Active	2	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Stanford University
Multifunctional Nanofiber Reinforcement of Perovskite Solar Cells for Resilience in Space	Active	2	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	University of Arizona
Novel, Nature-Inspired, 3D-printed Zeolite Topologies for Selective Carbon Capture	Active	2	Atmosphere Revitalization	North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Oxidation Protection of Refractory Metals via Refractory Bond Coat Alloy Design and Thermally Grown Complex Oxides	Active	2	Manufacturing Processes	University of California-Irvine
Planning safe rendezvous trajectories for spacecraft within multi-body systems	Active	2	Rendezvous and Docking Algorithms	University of Colorado Boulder
PREHEAT: Propellant Regenerative Energy for High-power Electric Adiabatic Thrusters	Active	2	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Cornell University
Project Tethys: Extracting Water from the Martian Environment	Active	2	Electrostatic Propulsion	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Quantification of Unsteady Phenomena in Hall-Effect Thruster Discharges via Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy	Active	2	Electrostatic Propulsion	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Rapid Modular Simulation Methods for Capture and Post-Capture Spacecraft Dynamics	Active	2	Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures	University of Colorado Boulder
RESCUE: REal-time, wearable System for traCking mUscle gEometry	Active	2	Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis	Ohio State University-Main Campus
Robust Spacecraft Guidance Incorporating High-Fidelity Uncertainty Propagation and Chance Constraints	Active	2	Guidance Algorithms	University of Colorado Boulder
Self-Guiding Laser and Particle Beam for Lunar Power Transfer	Active	2	Lasers	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Strain-balanced superlattices for radiation-hard solar cells in extreme conditions	Active	2	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Technology Development of Lemna japonica (Duckweed) for Human Therapeutic Production in Space	Active	2	Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis	University of California-Davis
RFID Enabled Autonomous Logistics Management (REALM)	Active	7	Logistics Management	Johnson Space Center
Active Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System (AVISS)	Active	2	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Johnson Space Center
Universal Waste Management System (UWMS)	Active	7	Waste Management	Johnson Space Center
Brine Processor Assembly (BPA)	Active	8	Water Recovery and Management	Johnson Space Center
MIDAS-MACG: Modular Interoperable Distributed Avionics and Software for Multi-Axis motor Control with GaN FET	Active	—	Modularity, Commonality, and Interfaces	Johnson Space Center
O2/CH4 Catalytic Heater for Lunar Night Survival	Active	—	Heating Systems	Johnson Space Center
Surface Power Cable Manipulation Test Campaign	Active	—	Surface Umbilicals and Interfaces	Johnson Space Center
Off Planet Laundromat	Active	2	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Ames Research Center
Alternate Fecal Container (AFC)	Active	7	Logistics Management	Johnson Space Center
Hydrogen Peroxide Generation (HPG)	Active	3	Exploration Destination Systems	Johnson Space Center
Atmospheric Monitoring of Hazardous Conditions	Canceled	3	Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery	Marshall Space Flight Center
Closed-Loop ECLSS Air Revitalization (Project CLEAR)	Active	4	Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and Habitation Systems	Mars Campaign Office
Integrating Explainable Machine Learning with Physics for Enhanced Wildfire Detection in Observation-Constrained Environments	Completed	2	Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery	American University
Stochastic parameterization of an atmospheric model assisted by quantum annealing	Completed	3	Other Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
High Resolution PBL Profiling with LEO-LEO Occultation (HiPPO)	Completed	3	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Low-resource instrumentation for scientific measurements in planetary thermospheres	Completed	4	In Situ Instruments and Sensors	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
SNOOPI: SigNals-Of-Opportunity P-band Investigation (SNOOPI)	Completed	8	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	Purdue University-Main Campus
Next Generation X-ray Optics: High Resolution, Light Weight, and Low Cost (NGXO)	Completed	5	Optical Components	NASA Headquarters
HiMAP: High-resolution Metagrating spectropolarimeter for Aerosol Profiling (HiMAP)	Active	3	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	University of Iowa
OpGrav - Precise Small Body Mass Measurements during High-Speed Flybys	Active	4	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	Johns Hopkins University
Sustainable Land Imaging - Technology: Integrated Photonic Imaging Spectrometer	Completed	4	Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors	Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

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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.

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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.