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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 397 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Target Acquisition and Guidance System for Wildfire Response (TAGS) Active — Autonomous Systems — 2026-08-05 —
Micrometeorite Shield with Tailorable, High-Performance, Thermal/Optical Properties for Spacecraft Telescope Baffle Completed — Sensors and Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-08-05 —
Hyperspectral Optical Profiling System with Advanced Dynamic Vertical Sampling Resolution (Hy-OPS ADVSR) Active — Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-08-05 —
High Temperature Inflation Hoses and Ports for Next Generation Inflatable Heat Shields Active — Entry, Descent, and Landing Langley Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Ambient Pressure-Dried Ormosil Hybrid Aerogel Composite Blankets for Advanced Space Suit Insulation Active — Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems — 2026-08-05 —
Extra Large Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT-XL) Active — Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing — 2026-08-05 —
Serpentine Integrated Grating Spectrometer for Extreme Precision Radial Velocimetry Active — Sensors and Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-08-05 —
Optical Wireless Technology for Lunar to Mars Active — Aerospace Power and Energy Storage — 2026-08-05 —
Radiation, dust and coolant freeze-out mitigation Active — Exploration Destination Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-08-05 —
Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit Spacesuit Heads-Up Display Active — Flight Computing and Avionics — 2026-08-05 —
Lunar Surface Secondary Battery Modules for Continuous Day/Night Operation Active — Aerospace Power and Energy Storage Glenn Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Design of an Ultra-low Noise Ventilation Fan for Space Applications Active — Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems — 2026-08-05 —
50kW Pneumatic Relocatable Solar Array (PRSA) Active — Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Langley Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Airborne holographic probe for small ice detection Active — Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Langley Research Center 2026-08-05 —
RIDDANCE: Removal of Irregular Debris using Double Assisted Nets with Controlled Enhancement Active — Entry, Descent, and Landing Ames Research Center 2026-08-05 —
AN ULTRA-FAST SAMPLING ADC ASIC INTERFACING WITH FPGAS Active — Sensors and Instruments Johnson Space Center 2026-08-05 —
Disaster Autonomous Aerial Response Technology Active — Autonomous Systems — 2026-08-05 —
Self-Contained Dual-Mode Sample Preparation Module Using Non-Hazardous Reagents Active — Sensors and Instruments Ames Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Airborne Spectroscopic Static Temperature Sensor Active — Sensors and Instruments — 2026-08-05 —
Solid-State Noncombustible Gas Generator Active — Entry, Descent, and Landing Langley Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Sensing Weather for Advanced Air Mobility Active — Sensors and Instruments Langley Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Simultaneous Velocimetry, Thermometry, and Chemical Species Measurements for High-Enthalpy Flows Active — Ground, Test, and Surface Systems Langley Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Wirelessly Activated Remote DAQ for Space (WARDS) Active — Entry, Descent, and Landing Ames Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Missfit: Statistical Multi-Event Missed-Thrust Optimization for Low-Thrust Trajectories Active — Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems — 2026-08-05 —
Safe Persistent Operations with Cobots in Space (SPOCS) Active — Robotic Systems Ames Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Accelerating Design of ML and AI Experiments in Scientific Simulation Active — Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Ames Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Dynovas Advanced Pressure Resin Transfer Molding for Large Three Dimensional Woven Preforms (DAP-RTM) Active — Entry, Descent, and Landing Ames Research Center 2026-08-05 —
ALOHA - Adaptive Large-capacity Optical-infrared High-dynamic-range Array Active — Sensors and Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-08-05 —
Retardation Mapping System for Astronomical Mirrors Completed — Sensors and Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2026-08-05 —
Services for Ongoing Assessment of Risk (SOAR) Active — Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems Langley Research Center 2026-08-05 —
Innovative Method for Water and CO2 Sequestration and Reclamation in Long Duration PLSS Active — Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-08-05 —
Predictive Low-Cost Large Eddy Simulation Capability for Fan and Open Rotor Noise Active — Flight Vehicle Systems — 2026-08-05 —
IntraVenous Fluid GENeration for Exploration Missions Mini (IVGEN Mini) Active 6 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-08-05 Medium
Food Water Reduction Active 2 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center 2026-08-07 High
MSolo for Commercial Partnerships (MSolo CP) Active — Sensors and Instruments Kennedy Space Center 2026-08-07 —
Environments and Dust Mitigation Analysis (EDM - Analysis Task) Completed — Exploration Destination Systems Glenn Research Center 2026-08-07 —
STLN Thermal Control Study (STLN-TC-STUDY) Active — Heat Rejection and Storage Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-08-07 —
SOFC Test Capability for Mars Applications (SOFC TEST-TASK) Active 2 Solids Glenn Research Center 2026-08-07 High
R5 (R5) Completed 5 Advanced Commercial-off-the-Shelf Technologies Johnson Space Center 2026-08-07 —
Infrastructure Manufacturing with Lunar Regolith - Mason (Mason) Completed 6 Surface Construction and Assembly Redwire Space, Inc. 2026-08-07 —
Robotic Capability Study (RoboCap-STUDY) Completed — Dexterous Manipulation Johnson Space Center 2026-08-07 —
Continuous Manufacturing of Rollable and Deformable Elements for Space (COMRADES) Active — Manufacturing Processes Langley Research Center 2026-08-07 —
Advanced Numerical Development (ANDev) Active 4 Entry, Descent, and Landing Ames Research Center 2026-08-07 Medium
Certification for Autonomy (CARMEL) Active 3 Operational Assurance of Autonomous Systems Ames Research Center 2026-08-07 High
Regenerative Fuel Cell (RFC) Active 3 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Glenn Research Center 2026-08-07 High
Sensors and Instrumentation for Prognostics of Solar Arrays (SIPS) Active 3 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Glenn Research Center 2026-08-07 High
Behavior of Ullage Bubbles during Blowdown in Low-g Experiment​ (BUBBLE) Active — In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Glenn Research Center 2026-08-07 —
Two Stage Cooling Demonstration (2SC) Active 5 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-08-07 Medium
Space Habitat Structures with Additive Manufacturing (3DSpaceHab-TP) Active — Manufacturing Processes Marshall Space Flight Center 2026-08-07 —
Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Active 4 Electrostatic Propulsion Glenn Research Center 2026-08-07 Medium
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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.