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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 53 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Weaving a Digital Thread in the IDC with CATTENS (CATTENS) Completed 7 Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing Goddard Space Flight Center 2024-12-27 —
Towards Learning-based Visual Perception with GAVIN: the Goddard AI Verification and INtegration Tool Suite (GAVIN) Completed 6 Intelligent Data Understanding Goddard Space Flight Center 2024-12-27 —
Balloon Airborne Laser Telemetry Operation (BALTO) Completed 3 Optical Communications Wallops Flight Facility 2024-12-27 —
Evaluating the Terrantenna - Atmospheric Lensing for Boosting Deep-Space Radio Communications Completed 1 Innovative Antennas Goddard Space Flight Center 2024-12-27 —
Development of Lightweight Deployable Solar Panels and Radiators for High-Altitude Balloon Payloads Completed 1 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Goddard Space Flight Center 2024-12-30 —
Development of a Compact Plasma Spectrometer (CPS) Completed 4 In Situ Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2024-12-30 —
Computer Vision Dataset for Aircraft Taxi Operations Completed 5 Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-02 —
Improved remote sensing capabilities through development of new type of Mie scattering diffuser as a spectral albedo calibration standard for the solar reflective wavelength region Completed 3 Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-10 —
Algorithms for Asteroid/Comet Gravimetry via Laser Ranging and Camera Tracking During a Hypervelocity Spacecraft Flyby Completed 3 Software Analysis and Design Tools Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-10 —
Development of a Broad Spectrum X-Ray Attenuator Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-10 —
Cryogenic Etching of Ultra-Low Reflective Black-Silicon for NIR, mid-IR and Submillimeter Wavelengths Completed 4 In Situ Instruments and Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-10 —
Evaluating ion-trap MS capabilities for stable isotope measurements Completed 3 Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-10 —
Vapor Compressor Driven Hybrid Two-Phase Loop, Phase II Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Low-power, Confocal Imaging of Protein Localization in Living Cells (7214-150), Phase I Completed — Lasers Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Optical Ethylene Sensor for Plant Health, Phase I Completed — Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
System-Level Autonomy Trust Enabler (SLATE), Phase II Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Turn-key Near-Infrared Photon-Counting Detector Module for LIDAR Applications, Phase II Completed — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
An Integrated Human System Interaction (HSI) Framework for Human-Agent Team Collaboration, Phase I Completed — Operations Effectiveness Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
A Nanotube Surface Reinforced Graphite Fiber Exhibiting Significantly Enhanced Properties, Phase II Completed 5 Architecture and Design of Software systems Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Multipurpose Electric Potential Sensor for Spacecraft Applications, Phase I Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Optimized Cellular Core For Rotorcraft, Phase I Completed — Lightweight Structural Materials Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Miniature, Rugged, Pulsed Laser Source for LIDAR application, Phase I Completed 4 Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Superconducting Vias for High Performance Microwave Applications Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Low Power FPGA Based Spectrometer, Phase I Completed — Data Acquisition Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
High-Performance Airborne Optical Carbon Dioxide Analyzer, Phase I Completed 4 Environment Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Starshade Stray Light Mitigation through Edge Scatter Modeling and Sharp-Edge Materials Development Completed — Edge Computing — 2025-01-27 —
Lunar Health Monitor, Phase II Completed — Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
An Adaptive Langmuir Probe for CubeSats and Explorers Completed 3 Field and Particle Detectors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Energy Based Acoustic Measurement Senors, Phase II Completed — Monitoring Technology Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Preparation of All-Ceramic, High Performance Li-ion Batteries for Deep Space Power Systems, Phase I Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Micro Resistojet for Small Satellites, Phase I Completed — Warm Gas Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Wireless Sensor Portal Technology, Phase I Completed — Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Miniature X-ray Source for Planetary Exploration Instruments, Phase I Completed — Revolutionary PNT Technologies Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Efficiency Quantum Dot III-V Multijunction Solar Cell for Space Power, Phase II Completed — Architecture and Design of Autonomous Systems Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Workflow Based Software Development Environment, Phase II Completed — Human-System Performance Modeling Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
An Alternative Millimeter Wave Oscillator using a Dielectric Puck in the Whispering Gallery Mode, Phase I Completed — Timekeeping and Time Distribution Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Configurable Radiation Hardened High Speed Isolated Interface ASIC, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Wake Vortex Lidar Monte Carlo Simulation and Visualization Tool, Phase I Completed — Weather and Environment Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Gashopper Mobility Technology, Phase I Completed — In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Next Generation Advanced Binder Chemistries for High Performance, Environmentally DurableThermal Control Material Systems, Phase II Completed — Integrated Network Management Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Model Updating Nonlinear System Identification Toolbox, Phase II Completed — System Identification Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Handheld Longwave Infrared Camera Based on Highly-Sensitive Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
System Engineering Software Assessment Model for Exploration (SESAME), Phase I Completed — Operational Assurance Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A High Reliability Frequency Stabilized Semiconductor Laser Source, Phase II Completed — Lasers Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Solid Oxide Electrolysis for Oxygen Production in an ARS, Phase II Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Mutlifunctional Fibers for Energy Storage in Advanced EVA Systems, Phase II Completed — Pressure Garment Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Integrating Multi-Vendor Software Analysis into the Lifecycle for Reliability, Productivity, and Performance, Phase I Completed 6 Collaborative Science and Engineering Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Adaptive Feedfoward Feedback Control Framework, Phase II Completed — Fault Response Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Aeroelastic Simulation Tool for Inflatable Ballute Aerocapture, Phase II Completed — Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Active Vibration Isolation System for Mobile Launch Platform Ground Support Equipment, Phase II Completed 6 Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
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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.