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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21,053 projects harvested so far — page 404 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Multi-modal Tactile Sensor for Extreme Environments	Completed	—	Robotic Systems	Johnson Space Center
High Power Density Motors/Generators for Single and Double Aisle Passenger Aircraft using Multifilamentary High Purity Aluminum Coils at 20K	Active	3	Propulsion Systems	Glenn Research Center
Lunar Construction Site Mapping for Exploitation of Geotechnical Features	Active	—	Exploration Destination Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Sensorless Position Estimator for Reciprocating Linear Actuator Hardware	Completed	—	Aerospace Power and Energy Storage	Glenn Research Center
Compact Wearable Ultrasonic Monitoring System for In-Suit Venous Gas Emboli Detection	Completed	—	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Johnson Space Center
Autonomous hybrid manufacturing system for in-space manufacturing of reconfigurable microelectronics	Completed	—	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
Multi-Channel Stirling Convertor Space Controller (MC-SCSC)	Active	2	Aerospace Power and Energy Storage	Glenn Research Center
Regulatory Ontology and Compliance Assessment Suite (ROCAS) (ROCAS)	Active	—	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing	Langley Research Center
Autonomous Real Time, Multi Species Monitoring System for In-line Commodity Purity Analysis	Completed	—	Ground, Test, and Surface Systems	Stennis Space Center
Extremely power-dense solar for the extremes of space	Completed	—	Aerospace Power and Energy Storage	Glenn Research Center
Flexible Lunar Robotics/Rover Dust Mitigation Covers	Active	2	Exploration Destination Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Asynchronous Star-Tracker for Real-Time, High-Spin Attitude Control	Completed	—	GN&C	Goddard Space Flight Center
DeGaP: A Deep Gaussian Process Surrogate Model for Cleaning Data from Spatially Distributed Sensor Networks	Active	2	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing	Goddard Space Flight Center
CHESS: Compact High-Entendue Spectrometer for Space	Active	3	Sensors and Instruments	Ames Research Center
Multi-VCHP (Variable Condenser Heat Pipe) Radiator	Completed	—	Thermal Management Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
ASCENT - Autonomous Software Certification & Evaluation for New Technologies	Completed	—	Robotic Systems	Ames Research Center
Multi-scale location-specific fatigue life prediction for additive propulsion components	Completed	—	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Glenn Research Center
High Temperature Inflation Hoses and Ports for Next Generation Inflatable Heat Shields	Active	2	Entry, Descent, and Landing	Langley Research Center
Hybrid DTN QoS Control System	Active	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Glenn Research Center
Ground Technologies for Surface Operation Risk Mitigation	Active	—	Exploration Destination Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Stratospheric Balloon Free-Space-Optical Communication (SB-FSO) (SB-FSO)	Completed	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Producing a Benchmark HASDM Forecast Density Database	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Goddard Space Flight Center
dMRV for cropland burning informatics	Active	6	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing	NASA Headquarters
Ultra-stable Affordable Mirrors: USAM	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Marshall Space Flight Center
High Energy Density, Fast Discharge Li-S Batteries for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion	Active	3	Propulsion Systems	Glenn Research Center
3D Reinforced Composites for Improved Impact Resistance in Spacesuits	Completed	—	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Johnson Space Center
Compact UAS Sensor for Distributed Mapping of Wildfire Plumes	Completed	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Langley Research Center
Modular Software Architecture and Algorithms for Fast and Efficient Lunar Mobility (M-SAFE)	Active	2	Robotic Systems	Johnson Space Center
Set-Based Modeling, Visualization, & Trade-Space Exploration for Superior Conceptual System Design	Completed	—	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing	Goddard Space Flight Center
Safe Persistent Operations with Cobots in Space (SPOCS)	Active	2	Robotic Systems	Ames Research Center
Robust LiDAR-Stereo Fusion for Lunar Autonomy	Completed	—	Robotic Systems	Johnson Space Center
System Health Monitoring for Deep Space Electrical Power Systems	Completed	—	Autonomous Systems	Glenn Research Center
Modular Operations, Resource, & Power Hub (MORPH) (MORPH)	Completed	—	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
Venus Energy Converter	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	NASA Headquarters
Lunar Surface Secondary Battery Modules for Continuous Day/Night Operation	Active	3	Aerospace Power and Energy Storage	Glenn Research Center
Crater Profile Roughness Tool That Predicts PSI Physics	Completed	—	Entry, Descent, and Landing	—
Wireless Instrumentation for Sensing of Parachute Systems (WISPS) (WISPS)	Completed	—	Entry, Descent, and Landing	Langley Research Center
Adaptive 4D Radar for Debris Tracking	Completed	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Ames Research Center
Ultra Low Reflectance Black Silicon for Visible to IR Light Absorption	Active	—	Sensors and Instruments	—
Quantifying Uncertainties in Exploration using Stereophotoclinometry with Topography (QUEST) (QUEST)	Completed	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Integrated Surface and Approach Risk Monitor	Completed	—	Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems	Langley Research Center
High-Performance Deorbit Engine with Minimal Power Requirements, Phase II	Active	—	Entry, Descent, and Landing	Marshall Space Flight Center
Safe Temporal Assignment, Requirements, Deconfliction, and Optimization Model (STARDOM) (STARDOM)	Completed	—	Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems	Ames Research Center
Regulatory-Compliant Tritium Mini-RHU: A Scalable Alternative for Next Gen. Space Power	Completed	—	Aerospace Power and Energy Storage	Glenn Research Center
Cost-Effective Reusable Thermal Protection System for Re-Entry Vehicles	Active	—	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
Terahertz Orthomode Transducers	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lightweight Zirconium Carbide Insulation for High Temperature Space Nuclear Propulsion Systems	Completed	—	Propulsion Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Standardized and Radiation-Tolerant Motor Controllers for Space Robotics	Completed	—	Robotic Systems	Johnson Space Center
Compressor for In-Space Gas Transfer and Pressurization	Completed	—	Propulsion Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Wirelessly Activated Remote DAQ for Space (WARDS)	Active	2	Entry, Descent, and Landing	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.