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 52 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Flight Test Evaluation of Endurance-Maximizing Periodic Cruise Trajectories for UAV, Phase I	Completed	—	Trajectory Design and Analysis	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Microfabricated G-Band Antenna Arrays, Phase I	Completed	3	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cooled Bolometer IR Monolithic FPA, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robust Traffic Flow Management: Coevolutionary Approach, Phase I	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Ames Research Center
Gas-Kinetic Navier-Stokes Solver for Hypersonic Flows in Thermal and Chemical Non-Equilibrium, Phase I	Completed	—	Hypersonic Decelerators	Langley Research Center
A Phase I Program to Improve Low Temperature Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Batteries	Glenn Research Center
Topology Control Algorithms for Spacecraft Formation Flying Networks Under Connectivity and Time-Delay Constraints, Phase II	Completed	—	Onboard Maneuvering, Pointing, Stabilization, and Flight Control Algorithms	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Innovative Reduced Mass TPS Designs for Human-Rated Aeroassit Vehicles, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Systems	Ames Research Center
A Unified Network Security Architecture for Large, Distributed Networks, Phase I	Completed	—	Cloud Computing	Goddard Space Flight Center
Silicon Microchannel Plate Large Area UV Detector, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Software Defined Common Processing System (SDCPS), Phase II	Completed	—	High-Performance Processors	Glenn Research Center
Hybrid Prediction Method for Aircraft Interior Noise, Phase II	Completed	—	Robot Navigation and Path Planning	Langley Research Center
Hybrid Guidance System for Relative Navigation, Phase II	Completed	—	Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, and Testing of Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture	Goddard Space Flight Center
Power for Vehicle Embedded MEMS Sensors, Phase II	Completed	—	Above-Surface Mobility	Langley Research Center
Large Scale Inert Anode for Molten Oxide Electrolysis, Phase I	Completed	—	Mirror Systems	Kennedy Space Center
Wireless Health Monitoring for Large Arrays of MEMS Sensors and Actuators, Phase I	Completed	—	Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis	Ames Research Center
Ultra Compact Cloud Physics Lidar for UAV Platforms, Phase II	Completed	—	Lasers	Goddard Space Flight Center
High Specific-Strength C-Zr(O)C / C-Ablator TPS for CEV, Phase II	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	Ames Research Center
Single Crystal Bimorph Array (SCBA) Driven Deformable Mirror (DM), Phase II	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Low Power, Small Form Factor, High Performance EVA Radio Employing Micromachined Contour Mode Piezoelectric Resonators and Filters, Phase I	Completed	—	Innovative RF Technologies	Johnson Space Center
A Revolutionary Wind and Precipitation Scanning Radar for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Phase I	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
In-situ / In-flight Detection of Fluorescent Proteins Using Imaging Spectroscopy Sensors, Phase I	Completed	—	Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis	Marshall Space Flight Center
Carbon Nanotube Electron Sources for Air Purification, Phase I	Completed	—	Remediation	Ames Research Center
Remote EMI Field Strength Mapping, Phase II	Completed	—	Electromagnetic Environment Effects	Kennedy Space Center
One Micron Q-switched Single Crystal LIDAR Fiber Laser, Phase I	Completed	—	Lasers	Goddard Space Flight Center
Rigidizing Inflatable Deployable Dwelling (RIDD), Phase I	Completed	—	Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines	Marshall Space Flight Center
C-Band SATCOM Range Communications System for ELVs using ESAs and High Dynamics Modem, Phase I	Completed	—	Cognitive Networking	Kennedy Space Center
Nano-Engineered Materials for Rapid Rechargeable Space Rated Advanced Li-Ion Batteries, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Batteries	Johnson Space Center
High-Speed, Low-Power Digitizer II (2007037), Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Reprogrammable Radiation Tolerant Secure Network Access Module, Phase I	Completed	—	Information Assurance	Glenn Research Center
Tunable Multiplexed Resonant Dipole Nanoantenna Array, Phase I	Completed	—	Structures and Antennas	Glenn Research Center
Deep UV Semiconductor Sourcess for Advanced Planetary Science Instruments, Phase I	Completed	3	Lasers	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Radio Frequency Micro Ion Thruster for Precision Propulsion, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrostatic Propulsion	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
High Reflectivity, Broad-Band Silver Coating, Phase I	Completed	—	Coatings	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Intelligent, reusable software for plug and play space avionics, Phase I	Completed	4	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Ames Research Center
An optical scanning subsystem for a UAS-enabled hyperspectral radiometer (AirSHRIMP)	Completed	7	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
Miniature Mass Spectrometer for Earth Science Research, Phase I	Completed	—	Above-Surface Mobility	Goddard Space Flight Center
SmartTopo Intelligent Real-Time Topographic Information Collection System, Phase I	Completed	—	Knowledge and Model Building	Johnson Space Center
Pneumatic Excavation Mechanism for Lunar Resource Utilization, Phase II	Completed	5	Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation	Kennedy Space Center
Advanced 3D Human Simulation Components with Thermal/Haptic Feedback and Tissue Deformation, Phase I	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Johnson Space Center
LOW COST AUTOMATED MODULE ASSEMBLY FOR 180 GHz DEVICES, Phase I	Completed	3	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Miniaturized UHF, S-, and Ka-band RF MEMS Filters for Small Form Factor, High Performance EVA Radio, Phase II	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Johnson Space Center
Design of Versatile Food Extruder, Phase I	Completed	—	Habitability and Environment	Johnson Space Center
A Novel Low-Cost Dual-Wavelength Precipitation Radar Sensor Network, Phase I	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
A Solid State Tissue Equivalent Detector for Microdosimetry, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Ames Research Center
Rapid Protoyping Software for Developing Next-Generation Air Traffic Management Algorithms, Phase II	Completed	—	Trajectory Design and Analysis	Ames Research Center
OptoCeramic-Based High Speed Fiber Multiplexer for Multimode Fiber, Phase I	Completed	4	Data Reduction Hardware Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Shielded ADR Magnets For Space Applications, Phase I	Completed	—	Protection Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
A Highly Integrated Multi-Parameter Distributed Fiber-Optic Instrumentation System, Phase II	Completed	—	Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL	Langley Research Center
Self-Calibrating Greenhouse Gas Balloon-Borne Sensor, Phase II	Completed	—	Environment Sensors	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.

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Returns {"rows": [...], "total", "page", "pages"}, or {"error": "..."} if temporarily unavailable. All query params are optional.