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 406 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Robust All-Optical Solid-State Magnetometer for Space	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Goddard Space Flight Center
50kW Pneumatic Modular Solar Array STAC Mast	Completed	—	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
Robust System Fault Classification & Detection System (RobustDetect) (RobustDetect)	Completed	—	Autonomous Systems	Glenn Research Center
Plume Impingement Module for Autonomous Proximity Operations	Completed	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
In-Situ Radioisotope Sterilization for Backward and Forward Contamination - Enabling low-mass, Low-Complexity Solutions for Planetary Protection	Completed	—	Exploration Destination Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Missfit: Statistical Multi-Event Missed-Thrust Optimization for Low-Thrust Trajectories	Active	2	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Polishing Iridium Coatings for Zero-Net-Stress	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Marshall Space Flight Center
High Efficiency, Modular T-form Space Refrigeration	Completed	—	Thermal Management Systems	Johnson Space Center
Services for Ongoing Assessment of Risk (SOAR)	Active	1	Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems	Langley Research Center
BUILDER: Leveraging BIM information to automate robot task planning for lunar assembly applications	Completed	—	Exploration Destination Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Automated DNA Extraction in Space	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Ames Research Center
Performance of Expansion-Deflection Nozzles for Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines	Active	—	Propulsion Systems	Glenn Research Center
SkyAID: A Safe Autonomy Infrastructure for Disaster Response	Active	3	Autonomous Systems	Langley Research Center
CryoGuard PEEK-N Seals	Active	3	Ground, Test, and Surface Systems	Beacon Industries Inc
Commercial data assimilation tool for operational thermospheric density	Active	4	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing	Marshall Space Flight Center
GAS on Fire (Guided, Accurate Slurry drops on Fire)	Active	2	Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems	Ames Research Center
Cyber-agents for Live Onboard Aviation Network Security (CLOANS) (CLOANS)	Completed	—	Flight Computing and Avionics	Ames Research Center
Additively Manufactured Scalmalloy® EMU Spacesuit Bearings	Completed	—	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Johnson Space Center
AstraSense: AI-Driven Health Predictions for Sustainable Aviation	Completed	—	Autonomous Systems	Ames Research Center
Hyperspectral Optical Profiling System with Advanced Dynamic Vertical Sampling Resolution (Hy-OPS ADVSR)	Active	3	Sensors and Instruments	Goddard Space Flight Center
Machine Learning-Augmented Far-Field Noise Prediction for Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft	Completed	—	Flight Vehicle Systems	Langley Research Center
Vertical Lunar Regolith Conveyance for In-Situ Resource Utilization	Active	—	Exploration Destination Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Robust Fault Management Tool Suite to Investigate, Develop, and Support FM Approaches and Solutions	Completed	—	Autonomous Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Active Ultrasonic Mode Imaging System for Examining Pipe and Plate Structure Thickness	Active	—	Sensors and Instruments	Langley Research Center
Deployable Baffle by SABER System (DeBSS) (DeBSS)	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	NASA Headquarters
Radiation and H2 Durable Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Element Insulator	Completed	—	Propulsion Systems	Glenn Research Center
NeuroCert: Adaptive Certification Framework for AI in Space	Completed	—	Robotic Systems	Ames Research Center
Phase Reflectors as an In-Situ Passive, Unpowered, Wireless Structural Health Monitor for Lunar Excavation Vehicles	Completed	—	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Langley Research Center
A Compact Electrically-Driven Booster Pump for Saturated LH2	Active	2	Thermal Management Systems	Glenn Research Center
Terrain Regolith Evaluation And Degradation (TREAD) (TREAD)	Completed	—	Robotic Systems	Johnson Space Center
Rain Rate Quantification Dissemination and Determination	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Langley Research Center
Ambient Pressure-Dried Ormosil Hybrid Aerogel Composite Blankets for Advanced Space Suit Insulation	Active	2	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Johnson Space Center
Autonomous Platform for Phyllosphere Monitoring in Space Habitats	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Kennedy Space Center
In-Suit Detection of Venous Gas Emboli	Completed	—	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems	Johnson Space Center
Electric Aircraft Health Management Algorithms and Infrastructure	Completed	—	Autonomous Systems	Glenn Research Center
Novel Single-Phase Refractory-Metal Alloy for Reusable Thermal Protection Systems	Active	—	Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing	Johnson Space Center
Non-Earth Orbit Conjunction Analysis	Active	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Low Cost Cryocooler Control Electronics for Small Space Platforms	Completed	4	Cryogenic/Thermal Systems	Creare, LLC
Electrochemical Compression of Martian Atmospheric CO2 for In-Situ Resource Utilization	Completed	—	Exploration Destination Systems	Kennedy Space Center
The Annular-Wing VTOL Aircraft	Completed	—	Propulsion Systems	Glenn Research Center
SAF-compatible Hybrid-Electric Propulsion for a Fixed-Wing Aircraft	Active	—	Propulsion Systems	—
Noise Sources for 0.1 - 1.0 THz	Active	3	Sensors and Instruments	Goddard Space Flight Center
Scalable Optically-tuned Lamellar cerAmic Reflective Intra-heliospheric Sail (SOLARIS) (SOLARIS)	Completed	—	Propulsion Systems	—
Comprehensive MBE Approach to Regulations and Standards Gap Analysis of AAM Platforms	Active	—	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing	Langley Research Center
Vertically Integrated Silicon Carbide/Silicon Detectors for UV/Vis Multicolor Sensing	Completed	—	Sensors and Instruments	Goddard Space Flight Center
Advanced Precision Design of Origami Inspired Deployable Metaoptic LiDAR Aperture	Active	—	Sensors and Instruments	—
Fast Turn-On Thrusters for Space Debris Removal	Completed	—	Entry, Descent, and Landing	Glenn Research Center
Active Thermal Switching OHP Radiator for Lunar Science	Completed	—	Thermal Management Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Monolithic Highly Porous Aluminum Deployable Micrometeoroid Impact Shields	Completed	—	Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems	—
Model Validation via Precomputed Transformations (MVPT) (MVPT)	Completed	—	Robotic Systems	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.