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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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21,053 projects harvested so far — page 416 of 422.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization
Redeployable Solar Array Structure for Lunar Base Infrastructure Completed 2 Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Langley Research Center
Fire Watch: Prediction and Detection of Wildfires Through Advanced AI/ML Completed — Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Marshall Space Flight Center
Advancing ExoCam 360° Video Technology via In Situ Vacuum Chamber Test Relevant to Lunar Plume Surface Interaction Completed 2 Entry, Descent, and Landing Marshall Space Flight Center
A Two-Color Heterodyne Interferometry Sensor for Direct, High-Speed Electron Density Measurements in NASA EAST Facility Completed 4 Entry, Descent, and Landing Ames Research Center
Lunar Access Network Supporting 5G and Beyond Completed 4 Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems Glenn Research Center
Self Tracking Resonant Push-Pull Oscillator With Rectification (STRPOWR) for Faraday Cup Applications [formerly Variable High Voltage DC with 2 KHz AC Modulator for Faraday Cup Applications] Completed 6 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center
OpenUSD + Interactivity for XR Experience Description (USDI-XRED) Completed 2 Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Johnson Space Center
Leak Mitigating Water Loop Connector Completed 4 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center
Low SWaP UHV chamber for atom interferometer Completed 4 Sensors and Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Quantum Noise Induced Sensitivity Limit of a Fast Light Ring Laser Gyroscope Completed 5 GN&C Marshall Space Flight Center
Multi-Platform, Scalable, and Modular Rover Flight Software Control Algorithms and Architectures for Autonomous ISRU Excavation, Transportation, and Deposition for Lunar Operations Completed 3 Robotic Systems Ames Research Center
Improved Forecasting of Operational Solar and Geomagnetic Indices Completed 6 Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Goddard Space Flight Center
Novel Ultraviolet Laser Source for Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar Completed 3 Sensors and Instruments Langley Research Center
Wearable Retinal Display Micro-Projector for Visually Assisted Autonomous Operations Completed 3 Autonomous Systems Langley Research Center
Ground Based Uplink and Beacon Laser for Long Range Communication Completed 3 Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source at 1030nm for LIDAR Remote Sensing Completed 1 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center
Regolith Dust and Radiation-Tolerant Bearing Completed 3 Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Glenn Research Center
AmmoniX: Low-Cost SmallSat End-of-Life Management Deorbiting Stage Completed 2 Entry, Descent, and Landing Marshall Space Flight Center
In Situ Isotope Analyzer for Lunar and Planetary Science Completed 6 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Enhanced Crystals (SPECS) Completed 6 Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Ames Research Center
CeramiFlux: Advanced Heat Flux Sensing Completed 2 Propulsion Systems Marshall Space Flight Center
Improved Thermo-Mechanical Design of the VASIMR RF Coupler Completed 4 Propulsion Systems Glenn Research Center
Additively Manufactured Hybrid Propulsion System for Smallsat Deorbit Completed 4 Propulsion Systems Marshall Space Flight Center
Real-Time Vegetation Risk Integration in Utility Damage and Outage Modelling to Improve Resilience of the Utility Grid to Extreme Weather Completed 4 Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Langley Research Center
High-throughput Live Cell Senescence Countermeasure Screening Platform Completed 1 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center
Multi-parameter measurements for thermal shock and thermo-mechanical loading in RDREs Completed 3 Propulsion Systems Glenn Research Center
Advanced Multipollutant Trace Contaminant Sorbents for the Exploration Portable Life Support System Completed 5 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center
Bi-Fold Fan DragSail with Surface Area Modulation Capability Completed 5 Entry, Descent, and Landing Marshall Space Flight Center
GasPak: A High Output, Clean Gas Generator for Large Volume Deployable Aerodynamic Decelerators Completed 4 Entry, Descent, and Landing Langley Research Center
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for In-Space and Extraterrestrial Surface Metal Welding and Joining Completed 3 Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Marshall Space Flight Center
Sediment Sequestration for Hot Water Drilling Cryobots Completed 3 Robotic Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Superconducting coil operating at temperatures above 15K for ADR instruments Completed 6 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center
Portable Traffic Management Tool for Wildfire Operations Completed 6 Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems Ames Research Center
Innovative System for Aircraft Emissions Reduction and Performance Improvement Completed 3 Propulsion Systems Glenn Research Center
Design and Material Testing for a Self-contained system for Microgravity Sample Preparation Completed 2 Sensors and Instruments Kennedy Space Center
On-Orbit Solution Recycling Methods to Improve Scale of Layer-by-Layer Artificial Retina Manufacturing Completed 4 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Ames Research Center
(COSMOS) Compact Standoff Biomolecular Observation System Completed 2 Sensors and Instruments Goddard Space Flight Center
Efficient Models for Film Condensation in Cryogenic Tank Applications Completed 2 Thermal Management Systems Glenn Research Center
Accelerated Creep Test Methodologies for Space Habitat Softgood Structural Materials Completed 3 Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Langley Research Center
High Emissivity Channel Materials Completed 3 Propulsion Systems Glenn Research Center
DoseShield Packaging for Improved Pharmaceutical Protection in Space Completed 3 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Johnson Space Center
A Modular, High-Efficiency, Radiation-Hardened, DC-DC Converter with Decentralized Control Completed 4 Aerospace Power and Energy Storage Glenn Research Center
Design of the VH-3 Powered Speedbird Hybrid AAM Demonstrator Completed — Flight Vehicle Systems Glenn Research Center
Novel Vapor Chambers for Heating and Cooling of Advanced Sorption Systems Completed 4 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Ames Research Center
Passive Nano-and Micro-Textured Dust-Mitigation Surfaces in Space-Grade Materials Made with a Highly-Scalable Fabrication Process Completed 4 Exploration Destination Systems Langley Research Center
Adapting 100G Optical Comm to Unique NASA Small Satellite DSM Applications Completed 4 Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems Ames Research Center
Pressure and Low Temperature Tolerant, High Current Density Solid Electrolyte for Propellant Grade Reactants Completed 5 Aerospace Power and Energy Storage Glenn Research Center
IoT-Inspired Wireless Sensor Networks for Ground and Flight Test Instrumentation Completed 2 Ground, Test, and Surface Systems Stennis Space Center
Millimeter-Wave Camera Completed 3 Sensors and Instruments Marshall Space Flight Center
Satellite Servicing TechnologiesSingle Aperture Multifunctional Optical Sensor Completed 5 Robotic Systems Goddard Space Flight 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.