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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 →

21,176 projects harvested so far — page 382 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Space-Borne Ultra Low Noise Clock – High TRL Engineering module for VBLI telescope and High Precision Clock Enabled Astrophysics Completed 4 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Using Earth-based Observations to Bootstrap Expected Signatures of Exoplanets Completed 3 Science Modeling Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
A unified approach to retrieval of upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere winds for assimilation in GEOS-5 Completed 3 Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
LExSO Lidar Laser Development Completed 6 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Investigation of Data Augmentation Techniques for Machine Learning Performance on Mass Spectrometry Data Completed 3 Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Long-Wave Infrared Upgrades for the CHARMS Refractometer Completed 3 In Situ Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Deci-Hz Interferometric Space Antenna (DISA) Completed 3 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Volumetric 3D Mapping of Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Mars via Laboratory Multi-orientation Analysis of Mars Meteorites with Direct Implications for Future Mars Exploration, Part II (3D-CDP) Completed 5 Other Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
A Microwave Land Surface Emissivity Model for the Hyperspectral Future Completed 5 Science Modeling Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Implementing a hardware acceleration for the lunar gravity model Completed 4 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Advancement of High-Resolution Gamma-ray Spectrometer Completed 5 Other Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Robust Split Electrical Control Design for Microshutter Arrays Completed 3 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Advancing computed tomography techniques for surface deployment on the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and comets Completed 1 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Standardizing a Data and Power System for GSFC Long-Duration Balloon Flights Completed 7 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Antenna-Coupled MIR/FIR Detectors for High Sensitivity Applications Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
3D Atmospheric Formaldehyde Profiler Completed 4 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Determining Radiation Hardness of Novel Visible-Blind Photodetectors for UV Astrophysics Applications Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
UV Contrast Performance and Yield Improvement of the NGMSA for Use on HWO Completed 4 Optical Components Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Text-to-Spaceship: Revolutionizing Mission Development through AI and Evolved Systems (T2S) Completed 6 Mission Architecture, Systems Analysis, and Concept Development Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
Evaluating COTS Hardware for Gasless Sounding Rocket Payload Attitude Control Completed 2 Dynamics Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools Wallops Flight Facility 2026-06-11 —
Alignment and integration support for a new high-contrast integral field spectrograph Completed 4 Optical Components Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 —
autoNGC CAPSTONE Flight Experiment Completion Active 5 Onboard Navigation Algorithms Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-11 Medium
Frozen Return Samples to Earth (FROSTE) Active 2 Cryogenic Systems Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-06-12 High
Martian Surface Environment Simulation Capability Active — Ground, Test, and Surface Systems Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Stitched Infused Thermoset Composite Hatch/window Receptacle (StITCHR) Active — Structures Langley Research Center 2026-06-15 —
ARIA: AI-Enhanced Requirements and Integration Assistant Building an LLM Hybrid Reasoner as a Prototype System Engineering Active — — Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Developing Miniaturized Wind and Weather Lidar for Mars Exploration and Atmospheric Science Active — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Laser Embedded Drill Bits for Planetary and Terrestrial Exploration Active — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
New 2 µm Capabilities for Next Generation Spaceborne Lidar Measurements of Terrestrial Resources and Hazards Active — — Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
X-Ray Fluorescence Rated for Flight (XRF) Active — Sensors and Instruments Kennedy Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Enabling Niobium-based Alloy and Coating Technologies (ENACT) Active — Materials for Extreme Environments Glenn Research Center 2026-06-15 —
Risk-Bounded, Goal Driven AI for Human Planetary Exploration Active — Mission Planning and Scheduling Johnson Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Glenn Regolith Composites for Sustainable Lunar Operations and Presence in Extreme Environments (GRC-SLOPEE) Active — In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair Glenn Research Center 2026-06-15 —
Flowmeter Calibration Capability (2nd year: $250k) Active — Chemical Space Propulsion Stennis Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Advancement of an Actuated Upper Extremity Offload System for Integration into ARGOS (ARC-ANGEL) Active — Ground Analogs for Space and Surface Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Mission Systems Research T-34 Active — Avionics Systems and Subsystems Armstrong Flight Research Center 2026-06-15 —
Design of a Spaceflight Oxygen Compression System (SOCS) Active — Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Full-Scale Trash-to-Gas System Demonstration Active — Waste Management Kennedy Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Technology Maturation Pod Active — Flight Mechanics Armstrong Flight Research Center 2026-06-15 —
Space-based Image Matching Active — Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Advanced Structural Systems Material Characterization to Establish NASA Database Active — Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
TrajGPT: Beyond Low Earth Orbit Trajectory Generation via Machine Learning Active — Trajectory Design and Analysis Johnson Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Integrated Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion Unit for Launch and Space energy (IMPULSE) Active — Propulsion Systems Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Generic Granular Feedstock Beneficiation System for Planetary Surface Construction Active — Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Glenn Research Center 2026-06-15 —
Small-scale Cmd & Ctrl Remote End to End Mission Support System (SCREEMS) Active — Infrastructure Optimization Armstrong Flight Research Center 2026-06-15 —
Development of a Sensitive, Hand-held, Real-time Formaldehyde Monitor for Spaceflight Operations Active — Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Johnson Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Water vapor Infrared Sunlight Sounder with Photonic integrated circuits (WISSP) Active — Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Langley Research Center 2026-06-15 —
Sequencing Manifold : Biological implementation in SAMMS ConOps, Part II (SeqMan) Active — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Kennedy Space Center 2026-06-15 —
AI-Driven Sensor Configuration & Anomoly Detection Active — Intelligent Data Understanding Stennis Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Optimized Hydrogen Reliquefication System (2nd year: TBD) Active — Cryogenic Systems Stennis Space Center 2026-06-15 —
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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.
  • Contribution potential is our estimate, not NASA data: an Active project at a low TRL has more room for outside research involvement than a flight-proven one. High = Active + TRL 1-3, Medium = Active + TRL 4-6, Low = Active + TRL 7-9. "Active" does not mean NASA is seeking external contributors or that funding exists — treat this purely as a shortlisting aid.
  • Last updated is TechPort's own lastUpdated date for the project. "Recently harvested" instead sorts by when we pulled the record into our database, which clusters within the initial harvest window and is far less meaningful — prefer "Recently updated (NASA)".
💻 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.