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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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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 40 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): Advanced Ablator Development Completed 4 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Ames Research Center
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): US3D Development Completed 3 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Ames Research Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robotic Technologies for Asteroid Missions: HRS - Prototype Anchoring End Effector for Asteroid with Sensors Completed 4 Sensing for Robotic Systems Johnson Space Center
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): CFD-Ablator Model Coupling Completed 5 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Ames Research Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robonaut 2 Technologies Completed — Grappling Technologies Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robonaut 2 Technologies: Human Robotic Systems: Mobile IVA Robonaut 2 Completed 5 Tools and Methodologies for Software Design and Development Johnson Space Center
Accessible Testing on Humanoid-Robot-R5 and Evaluation of NASA Administered (ATHENA) Space Robotics Challenge Tasks Completed — Human-System Performance Modeling —
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): HyperRad Development Completed 4 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Ames Research Center
National Robotics Initiative (NRI): Manipulating Flexible Materials Using Sparse Coding Completed 3 Flexible Material Systems Johnson Space Center
National Robotics Initiative (NRI): Whole-Body Telemanipulation of the Dreamer Humanoid Robot on Rough Terrains Using a Hand Exoskeleton Completed 3 Grappling Technologies Johnson Space Center
Concentrator Solar Power Systems for LILT and High Radiation Game Changing Technology Development Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power —
Game Changing Technology Development Program Ultra-Light Weight Core Materials for Efficient Load Bearing Composite Sandwich Structures (ATK Proposal SPC. MAGN.2015.10106) Completed — Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines —
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): Flexible Thermal Protection Materials Completed 3 Thermal Protection Materials Ames Research Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Controlling Robots over Time Delay: Sensor Systems for the Construction of Immersive Virtual Environments Completed 4 Flight and Ground Testing Methodologies Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Extreme Terrain Mobility: Exoskeleton Development for ISS Evaluation Completed 4 Long-Duration Health Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Extreme Terrain Mobility: Advanced Mobility Navigation Software Completed 4 Surface Mobility Johnson Space Center
Affordable Access to Space (AAS): Towed Glider Air Launch System (TGALS) Completed 5 Launch Vehicle Propellant Armstrong Flight Research Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robotic Technologies for Asteroid Missions: HRS - Asteroid Retrieval Capture Mechanism Development and Testbed Completed 3 Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures Johnson Space Center
Robonaut 2 (R2): Computer vision Completed 4 Quantum Computer Johnson Space Center
In-Space Robotic Servicing (ISRS): Ammonia Leak Locator Completed 6 Microgravity Construction and Assembly Goddard Space Flight Center
A Novel Powered Leg Prosthesis Simulator for Sensing & Control Development Completed 3 Orbital Debris Characterization Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robonaut 2 Technologies: Human Robotic Systems: Natural User Interfaces for Advanced Telerobotic Operations Completed 5 Grappling Technologies Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robotic ISRU Acquisition: Exploration Ground Data Systems (xGDS) Completed 5 Integrated Flight Operations Systems Johnson Space Center
Ultra-lightweight Core Materials for Efficient Load-Bearing Composite Sandwich Structures Completed — Lightweight Structural Materials —
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): High Enthalpy Aerothermal Database Completed 6 High-Performance Memories Ames Research Center
Thermal Control in Lunar Rovers and Structures with Novel Electrochromic Variable-Emissivity Skins Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Ashwin-Ushas Corp, Inc.
Micro-Concentrator Solar Array Technology for Extreme Environments Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power —
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): M-SAPE Development Completed 6 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Ames Research Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robotic ISRU Acquisition: Sample Acquisition on Asteroids, Mars, Moons of Mars, and Lunar Cold Traps Completed 4 Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Johnson Space Center
Ultralight Micro-truss Cores for Space Launch Systems Completed — Below-Surface Mobility —
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM): FUN3D Development Completed 7 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Ames Research Center
National Robotics Initiative (NRI): Long-Range Prediction of Non-Geometric Terrain Hazards for Reliable Planetary Rover Traverse Completed 3 State Estimation Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Controlling Robots over Time Delay: Develop RAPID robot messaging for unified cross-center operations platform for TDM, xGDS, and CCSDS Completed 5 Execution and Control Johnson Space Center
Solar Arrays for LILT and High-Radiation Environments Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power —
Affordable Vehicle Avionics (AVA): Guidance, Navigation and Control Completed 5 Aerodynamic Decelerators Ames Research Center
National Robotics Initiative (NRI): Active Skins for Simplified Tactile Feedback in Robotics Completed 3 Grappling Technologies Johnson Space Center
Transformational Solar Array for Extreme Environments Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power —
National Robotics Initiative (NRI): Actuators for Safe, Strong, and Efficient Humanoid Robots Completed 3 Control Force and Torque Actuators Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Robotic Technologies for Asteroid Missions: HRS - Develop Prototype Tendon-Actuated Manipulators to Enable In-Space Operations Completed 3 Dexterous Manipulation Johnson Space Center
Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) 2: 1. Backshell Heat Flux Measurements Completed 5 Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Langley Research Center
National Robotics Initiative (NRI): Building the Robotic Commons - Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) Completed 4 Robot Software Johnson Space Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Extreme Terrain Mobility: Complete Low Gravity Testbed using Tethered Stewart Platform Completed 4 Destination Resource Exploration Johnson Space Center
In-Space Robotic Servicing (ISRS): Robotic Refueling Mission - Phase 1 Completed 7 Microgravity Construction and Assembly Goddard Space Flight Center
In-Space Robotic Servicing (ISRS): Robotic Refueling Mission - Phase 3 Completed 4 Learning and Adaptation Goddard Space Flight Center
Human Robotic Systems (HRS): Controlling Robots over Time Delay Completed — Training Johnson Space Center
Quesst Community Test Planning & Execution (AAVP29) Active 3 Aeroacoustics Langley Research Center
3D Printed Materials Characterization for Rapid Prototyping and Plant Growth (N/A) Completed 6 Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Kennedy Space Center
Augmentation of Seed Film Technology with Probiotics in Support of Space Crop Production Completed 3 Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Kennedy Space Center
Preliminary Computer Vision Datasets for Autonomous Aviation Completed 5 Autonomous Systems Armstrong Flight Research Center
Acceptable Handling and Ride Qualities for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Vehicles (AAVP31) Completed 3 Test and Qualification Environments Ames Research Center
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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.