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 43 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Laser Ranging Frequency Stabilization for GRACE II	Completed	5	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	NASA Headquarters
HSRL for Aerosols, Winds, and Clouds using Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar (HAWC-OAWL)	Completed	4	Lasers	NASA Headquarters
Cold Atom Gravity Gradiometer for Geodesy	Completed	4	Lasers	NASA Headquarters
Preparing NASA for Future Snow Missions: Incorporation of the Spatially Explicit SnowModel in LIS	Completed	5	Mission Architecture, Systems Analysis, and Concept Development	University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
High Accuracy Vector Helium Magnetometer (HAVHM)	Completed	6	Field and Particle Detectors	NASA Headquarters
A Multi-parameter Atmospheric Profiling Radar for ACE (ACERAD)	Completed	5	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	NASA Headquarters
Advanced Antenna for Digital Beamforming SAR	Completed	5	Innovative Antennas	NASA Headquarters
Compact high-resolution trace-gas hyperspectral imagers, with agile on-board processing	Completed	7	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Multivariate Data Fusion and Uncertainty Quantification for Remote Sensing	Completed	6	Science Modeling	NASA Headquarters
StereoBit: Advanced Onboard Science Data Processing to Enable Future Earth Science	Completed	6	Mission Architecture, Systems Analysis, and Concept Development	CARR ASTRONAUTICS CORPORATION
ER-2 X-band Radar (EXRAD) for Cloud, Precipitation and Wind Measurement	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	NASA Headquarters
Development of a Prototype 2 mm Fiber-Coupled Seed Laser for Integration in Lidar Transmitter	Completed	4	Lasers	NASA Headquarters
Demonstration of a Hyperspectral Microwave Receiver Subsystem	Completed	5	Quantum Communications	NASA Headquarters
Fabry-Perot for the Integrated Direct Detection Lidar (FIDDL)	Completed	4	Lasers	NASA Headquarters
An Analytic Center for Biodiversity and Remote Sensing Data Integration	Completed	7	Modeling	Yale University
TIRCIS: A Thermal Infrared, Compact Imaging Spectrometer for Small Satellite Applications (TIRCIS)	Completed	6	Optical Components	NASA Headquarters
Quantum Well Multiplier Infrared Photodetectors	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	NASA Headquarters
Modification of HSRL and RSP for ACE, GEO-CAPE, and Glory Applications from the NASA P-3	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	NASA Headquarters
NASA Evolutionary Programming Analytic Center (NEPAC) for Climate Data Records, Science Products and Models	Completed	6	Modeling	Goddard Space Flight Center
Engineering Model Panchromatic Fourier Transform Spectrometer (PanFTS) Instrument for the GEO-CAPE Mission	Completed	4	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	NASA Headquarters
HyperSpectral Imager for Climate Science (HySICS)	Completed	6	Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation	NASA Headquarters
Dual Mode Feasibility Testing	Completed	3	Earth Storable Propellants	Marshall Space Flight Center
Electrostatic Dust Analyzer (EDA) for Exploring Dust Transport Processes on the Lunar Surface	Completed	5	In Situ Instruments and Sensors	—
A High Temperature Transmitter for Venus Surface Environment	Completed	3	Other Exploration Destination Systems	InnoSys, Inc.
Submillimeter Solar Observation Lunar Volatiles Experiment (SSOLVE) (SSOLVE)	Completed	5	In Situ Instruments and Sensors	University of Maryland-College Park
Maturation of the Bulk Elemental Composition Analyzer (BECA) for Surface and Sub-surface Lunar Studies	Completed	5	In Situ Instruments and Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Paving the Way for Astrophysics Research in Puerto Rico	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Testing Venus Seismometer Design	Completed	—	Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management	University of Alaska Fairbanks
New Mexico NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development	Completed	—	Collaborative Science and Engineering	New Mexico State University-Grants
R3 Task D15: Microgravity Effects On Biofilm Stiffness	Completed	—	Human Factors Engineering	University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Appendix D: Characterizing Stress Tolerance of Leafy Greens to CO2, Humidity, and Radiation	Completed	—	Atmosphere Revitalization	University of Delaware
Probabilistic Approach to Reverse Engineering of Spaceflight Molecular Networks	Completed	—	Model-Based Systems Engineering	Wichita State University
A transdisciplinary approach to assess measurements of albedo across snowy landscapes using multiple sensors at multiple scales	Completed	—	Environment Sensors	Montana State University - Bozeman
Extracting the Photonic Spectrum for the Long Range Exploration of Space: A Hybrid Photovoltaic Photon Upconversion and Biological System for Energy Production and Life Support	Completed	—	Portable Life Support System	—
Development of an Advanced Planetary Mobility Spacesuit using Advanced Additive Manufacturing Design and Techniques	Completed	—	Manufacturing Processes	University of North Dakota
Alaska's NASA EPSCoR Program 2019-2022	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	University of Alaska Fairbanks
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Floodplain Currents by In-Situ Observations, Radar Interferometry and Numerical Simulations	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	College of Charleston
Application of antifreeze proteins and mimetic peptides in anti-icing surface coating	Completed	—	Mirror Systems	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
New Hampshire NASA EPSCoR RID Years 2021-2022	Completed	—	Space Weather Prediction	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
In Orbit Structural Health Monitoring of Space Vehicles	Completed	—	Reliability and Sustainment	New Mexico State University-Grants
Life on Mars: Algae Cultivation For Long-Term Food and Oxygen Production	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Nevada System of Higher Education
Robust and High-Data-Rate Hybrid RF/Optical Communications for Lunar Missions	Completed	—	Optimetrics	Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City
3D printed titanium dioxide foams under extreme environment exposure at low-Earth orbit	Completed	—	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	West Virginia University Research Corporation
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Proposal Year 4 - Arkansas	Completed	—	Lasers	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Rapid Laser 3D Printing of Reversible Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cell Stacks for Producing Pure O2 from CO2 and Storing Electricity into Carbon	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	College of Charleston
NASA Rhode Island EPSCoR RID FY15	Completed	—	Lasers	Brown University
Autonomous Structural Composites for Next Generation Unmanned Aircraft Systems	Completed	—	Lightweight Structural Materials	New Mexico State University-Grants
Wyoming NASA EPSCoR RID Proposal: FY 2019 - 2021	Completed	—	Lasers	University of Wyoming
Appendix E: Thermophilic Biomass Recycling by Novel Chloroflexi to Support NASA Spaceflights	Completed	—	Lasers	Nevada System of Higher Education
UVI BurstCube: Developing a flight-ready prototype Gamma-Ray-Burst detection nanosatellite at the University of the Virgin Islands	Completed	—	Lasers	University of the Virgin Islands

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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.

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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.