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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.

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21,176 projects harvested so far — page 384 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
(GCA-1 with L3Harris): Lunar and Martian Regolith Testing of Antenna Systems and Associated Mechanisms Active — — Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Development of a COMPact Space weather Sensor payload (COMPASS) Active — In Situ Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Volatile Release from Mars/Lunar Regolith by Mechanical Agitation Active — Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Kennedy Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Real-Time Signal Integrity Monitoring Active — Intelligent Data Understanding Stennis Space Center 2026-06-15 —
Joint Observations Integrated Network : Modular software components to support the DOME's multi-mission data processing needs (JOIN) Active — Tools and Methodologies for Software Design and Development Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-06-15 —
Crew Health And Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mission 2 Active 6 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-06-16 Medium
Pharmacy (Pharm) Completed 5 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Johnson Space Center 2026-06-18 —
Mars Portable Life Support System Testbed (PLSS Testbed) Active 3 Portable Life Support System Johnson Space Center 2026-06-18 High
4D Adaptive Sensing: Optimizing Sensor Deployment for Dynamic Scene Reconstruction Under Resource Constraints Active 2 Object, Event, and Activity Recognition Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2026-06-18 High
Achieving Unprecedented Precision in Origami-based Deployable Space Systems Active 2 Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces Brigham Young University-Provo 2026-06-18 High
Adaptive Radiative Thermal Management with Solid-State Phase-Change Metamaterials Active 2 Heat Rejection and Storage University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2026-06-18 High
Adaptive World Models for Space Robotics: Implicit Representations Grounded in Semantics and Physics Active 2 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Stanford University 2026-06-18 High
Additive Manufacturing at the Nanoscale for Microfluidic Space Applications Active 2 Electrostatic Propulsion Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2026-06-18 High
Advancing Further the State of the Art of Fluid-Structure Interaction for Supersonic Parachute Inflation Dynamics Active 2 Aerodynamic Decelerators Stanford University 2026-06-18 High
Algorithmic Venous Gas Emboli Detection and Diagnostics for Wearable Ultrasound Active 2 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis University of Colorado Boulder 2026-06-18 High
Autonomous Fault Detection, Recovery, and Avoidance during Robotic In-Space Assembly Active 2 Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis University of Southern California 2026-06-18 High
Spacesuit Fit & Injury Technologies (SFIT) Completed 3 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-06-18 —
Combining Optimal and Learning-Based Control Methods for the Manipulation of Spaceborne Objects Active 2 Surface Mobility Stanford University 2026-06-18 High
Crew Health and Performance EVA Simulation Development (EVA Sim Dev) Completed 4 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-06-18 —
Debris to Infrastructure: Salvage Characterization and Recovered Metals Processing in Lunar Gravity Active 2 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 2026-06-19 High
Detection of Extraterrestrial Life using Microfluidic Hyperpolarized Enhanced NV-NMR Active 2 Detectors and Focal Planes University of Maryland-College Park 2026-06-19 High
Development and validation of a ground-based spacecraft docking simulator with vestibular perturbations Active 2 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Texas A & M University-College Station 2026-06-19 High
Development of a Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster without Pole Erosion Active 2 Electrostatic Propulsion University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2026-06-19 High
Development of an Electrodeless Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster Active 2 Electrostatic Propulsion University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2026-06-19 High
Development of Transient Modeling Capabilities for Liquid Core Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines Active 2 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2026-06-19 High
Dry Film Lubricants for Heaterless Actuators Active 2 Surface Mobility University of California-Merced 2026-06-19 High
Electrochemical Impedance Sensors for Microbial Monitoring in Spacecraft Wastewater Systems Active 2 Water Recovery and Management Montana State University - Bozeman 2026-06-19 High
Engineering Cyanobacteria for Chemical Bioproduction on Mars Active 2 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 2026-06-19 High
Epitaxial Integration of Vacuum Cavities for Chip-Scale Cold Atom Sensors Active 2 Detectors and Focal Planes The University of Texas at Austin 2026-06-19 High
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 2026-06-19 High
Experimental Characterization of Magnetohydrodynamic Effects in Planetary Entry Plasmas Active 2 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL University of Colorado Boulder 2026-06-19 High
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 2026-06-19 High
Functionalization of 3D DNA Nanomaterials and Nanoarchitectures for Space-Based Technology Active 2 Detectors and Focal Planes New York University 2026-06-19 High
Imaging and Analysis Framework for Parachute Micro-structural Basis Active 2 Aerodynamic Decelerators University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2026-06-19 High
Investigation of Spallation in Low Permeability TPS Materials Active 2 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL University of Kentucky 2026-06-19 High
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Space-Based Infrared Astronomy Active 2 Detectors and Focal Planes California Institute of Technology 2026-06-19 High
Long-Duration, Risk-Aware, Goal-Directed Adaptive Sampling for Autonomous Vehicle Exploration Active 2 Execution and Control Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2026-06-22 High
Lunar Regolith Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Space Habitation Applications Active 2 Lightweight Structural Materials Syracuse University 2026-06-22 High
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 2026-06-22 High
Multifunctional Nanofiber Reinforcement of Perovskite Solar Cells for Resilience in Space Active 2 Photovoltaic Electrical Power University of Arizona 2026-06-22 High
Novel, Nature-Inspired, 3D-printed Zeolite Topologies for Selective Carbon Capture Active 2 Atmosphere Revitalization North Carolina State University at Raleigh 2026-06-22 High
Oxidation Protection of Refractory Metals via Refractory Bond Coat Alloy Design and Thermally Grown Complex Oxides Active 2 Manufacturing Processes University of California-Irvine 2026-06-22 High
Planning safe rendezvous trajectories for spacecraft within multi-body systems Active 2 Rendezvous and Docking Algorithms University of Colorado Boulder 2026-06-22 High
PREHEAT: Propellant Regenerative Energy for High-power Electric Adiabatic Thrusters Active 2 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Cornell University 2026-06-22 High
Project Tethys: Extracting Water from the Martian Environment Active 2 Electrostatic Propulsion Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2026-06-22 High
Quantification of Unsteady Phenomena in Hall-Effect Thruster Discharges via Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy Active 2 Electrostatic Propulsion Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 2026-06-22 High
Rapid Modular Simulation Methods for Capture and Post-Capture Spacecraft Dynamics Active 2 Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures University of Colorado Boulder 2026-06-22 High
RESCUE: REal-time, wearable System for traCking mUscle gEometry Active 2 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Ohio State University-Main Campus 2026-06-22 High
Robust Spacecraft Guidance Incorporating High-Fidelity Uncertainty Propagation and Chance Constraints Active 2 Guidance Algorithms University of Colorado Boulder 2026-06-22 High
Self-Guiding Laser and Particle Beam for Lunar Power Transfer Active 2 Lasers University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2026-06-22 High
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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.