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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.

What's active and early-stage — where getting involved could matter →

21,172 projects harvested so far — page 48 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Characterization of Low-Pressure Air Plasma Treatment on Polystyrene Coating of Aluminum Alloys 2024 and its Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking Behaviors Completed — Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing University of Alaska Fairbanks 2024-10-23 —
Developing Nationally Competitive NASA Research in Delaware Completed — Lasers University of Delaware 2024-10-23 —
R3 Task E19: Atomically Dispersed Metal Electrocatalysts Supported on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nano-Onions for Efficient and Selective CO2 Conversion into Fuels Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables University of Kentucky 2024-10-23 —
Next Generation Additive Manufacturing for Space Applications Completed — Manufacturing Processes New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2024-10-23 —
UTILIZING ISS AS A TEST BED TO VALIDATE THE PERFORMANCE OF NANO-ENHANCED POLYMERS SUBJECTED TO ATOMIC OXYGEN AND / OR HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables University of Mississippi 2024-10-23 —
Space-borne Antennas & Circuits for Condensed Radars and STEM (SPACERS) Completed — Innovative Antennas Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City 2024-10-23 —
Metastable Oxygen Nanobubbles to Advanced Life Support Systems in Space Exploration Completed — Portable Life Support System Maine Space Grant Consortium 2024-10-23 —
Igniting a New Era of Planet Discovery with FHiRE: A Precision Spectrograph at the WIRO Telescope Completed — Mirror Systems University of Wyoming 2024-10-23 —
ALABAMA NASA EPSCoR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FY15 Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering — 2024-10-23 —
Characterization of GRCop-42 Additively Manufactured Material (CSCO-2017-03) -- Extended Investigation Completed — Manufacturing Processes South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2024-10-23 —
Advanced Transport Technologies for NASA Thermal Management/Control Sytems Completed — Heat Transport University of Nevada-Las Vegas 2024-10-23 —
New Development for Louisiana Aerospace Research Augmentation Completed — Lasers Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
Montana NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Augmentation 2020-2021 Completed — Lasers Montana State University - Bozeman 2024-10-23 —
INE Proposal in Response to NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research Appendix D: NASA SMD Biological and Physical Sciences - Crop Plant Stress Tolerance for Space Exploration - Water Delivery and Gas Exchange Crop Stress Analysis for Space Exploration Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering University of Idaho 2024-10-23 —
Appendix D - Improved drought tolerance of mustard green with atmospheric pressure plasmas Completed — Earth Storable Propellants University of Alabama in Huntsville 2024-10-23 —
FY18 Alabama NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response: Characterization of Bi-Metallic Joints Formed by Different Processes Completed — Grappling Technologies University of Alabama in Huntsville 2024-10-23 —
Integrated Computational and Experimental Optimization of Materials and Methods for In-Space Manufacturing of Lightweight Metal Alloys (ISM-LMA) Completed — Manufacturing Processes Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
Assessment of Radiation Shielding Properties of Novel and Baseline Materials External to ISS Completed — Protection Systems Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City 2024-10-23 —
Fast Traversing Autonomous Rover for Mars Sample Collection Completed — Surface Mobility West Virginia University Research Corporation 2024-10-23 —
Impact of extreme cold events on disruption of hydro-energy generation Completed — Surface Mobility Montana State University - Bozeman 2024-10-23 —
Appendix A - An Aerial Platform to Navigate the Troposphere of Venus Enabled by New Cellular Materials - Gross Completed — Environment Sensors College of Charleston 2024-10-23 —
Life in Salts: a Multidisciplinary Investigation of Microorganisms and Biosignatures in the Death Valley Salt Pan Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes University of Nevada-Las Vegas 2024-10-23 —
A proposal for expanding NASA relevant research infrastructure and capabilities in North Dakota Completed — Lasers University of North Dakota 2024-10-23 —
Arkansas CubeSat Agile Propulsion Technology Demonstrator Mission (ARKSAT-2) Completed — Electrostatic Propulsion University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2024-10-23 —
Development of Direct-Write Materials, and Electronic and Electromagnetic Devices for NASA Printable Spacecraft Completed — Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2024-10-23 —
The Kansas NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Funding Augmentation Completed — Lasers Wichita State University 2024-10-23 —
NASA Kentucky EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Funding Extension (Year 4) Completed — Lasers University of Kentucky Research Foundation 2024-10-23 —
SC NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development 2018-2021 Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering College of Charleston 2024-10-23 —
Rock, H2O, And H2: Energy From Water-Rock Interactions On Mars Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables University of Nevada-Las Vegas 2024-10-23 —
Multi-scale data-driven modeling of radiative transport through thermal protection systems Completed — Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL University of Kentucky Research Foundation 2024-10-23 —
NASA Nebraska EPSCoR RID FY 2015-2017 Completed — Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts University of Nebraska at Omaha 2024-10-23 —
Translating hibernation for space torpor and remote emergency medicine Completed — Lasers University of Alaska Fairbanks 2024-10-23 —
New Hampshire NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Program Funding Extension (Year 4) Completed — Lasers University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 2024-10-23 —
Nevada NASA EPSCoR Program; 1 Year Funded Extension Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves University of Nevada-Las Vegas 2024-10-23 —
Research Capacity Building Program In Iowa: Developing New High Energy Density Extremely Safe All Solid State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Iowa State University 2024-10-23 —
Space-Grade Flexible Hybrid Electronics Completed — Hybrids University of Idaho 2024-10-23 —
Low-pressure plasma/photocatalytic nanofibrous membrane reactor system for harvesting fuel components from Martian atmosphere: KSC Partnership Office/Conversion of Co2 into Fuel. Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables University of Alabama in Huntsville 2024-10-23 —
Puerto Rico NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Completed — Lasers University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 2024-10-23 —
Arkansas NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Project Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2024-10-23 —
NASA EPSCoR in the Virgin Islands Completed — Lasers University of the Virgin Islands 2024-10-23 —
The Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Funding Extension (Year 4) Proposal Completed — Lasers Wichita State University 2024-10-23 —
Arkansas - 2019 EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Funding Augmentation Completed — Lasers University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2024-10-23 —
Puerto Rico NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Augmentation Completed — Lasers University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 2024-10-23 —
Micro-Magnetic Driven Design of Multi-Component Magnetic Alloys for Advanced Electric Propulsion Completed — Electrostatic Propulsion — 2024-10-23 —
Experimental and numerical investigation of terrestrial stable cool flames for improved understanding of International Space Station droplet combustion experiments Completed — Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery University of Wyoming 2024-10-23 —
Impact of simulated microgravity on potable water bacterial biofilm formation Completed — Water Recovery and Management University of Vermont 2024-10-23 —
Development of a High Temperature (500 C) and High Power Testbed for GaN HEMT/SiC based Switching Power Converter for Long-Duration Venus Surface Operations Completed — Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation University of North Dakota 2024-10-23 —
Production of Fuels and Other Life Support Products Using Wastewaters as a Feed into a Space-Based Biochemical Conversion System (BIOSYS) Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
Coordinated Position and Attitude Control for Formations of Small Satellites Completed — Attitude Estimation Sensors University of Kentucky Research Foundation 2024-10-23 —
On-Demand Manufacturing of Smart Systems for Structural Health Monitoring Completed — Reliability and Sustainment University of Idaho 2024-10-23 —
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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.
  • Contribution potential is our estimate, not NASA data: an Active project at a low TRL has more room for outside research involvement than a flight-proven one. High = Active + TRL 1-3, Medium = Active + TRL 4-6, Low = Active + TRL 7-9. "Active" does not mean NASA is seeking external contributors or that funding exists — treat this purely as a shortlisting aid.
  • Last updated is TechPort's own lastUpdated date for the project. "Recently harvested" instead sorts by when we pulled the record into our database, which clusters within the initial harvest window and is far less meaningful — prefer "Recently updated (NASA)".
💻 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.