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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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21,172 projects harvested so far — page 63 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
A Novel Heat Pipe Plate for Passive Thermal Control of Fuel Cells, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Procedure Verification and Validation Toolset, Phase II Completed — Human Factors Engineering Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Snow Remote Sensing Using Signals of Opportunity (SoOp)âNext Phase Completed 2 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Fault Tolerant, Radiation hard DSP, Phase I Completed — High-Performance Processors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Stratospheric Deployment Parafoil, Phase I Completed — Aerodynamic Decelerators Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
An Integrated Human System Interaction (HSI) Framework for Human-Agent Team Collaboration, Phase II Completed — Distributed Collaboration and Coordination Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
A Novel Navigation Robustness and Accuracy Improvement System, Phase I Completed — Robot Navigation and Path Planning Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Architectures and assessment of next-generation CMB polarization instruments Completed 3 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Ge Semiconductor Devices for High-Performance Cryogenic Power Electronics, Phase II Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Multifunctional Aerogel Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonic Vehicles, Phase II Completed — Aeroelasticity Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Optimal Shockwave Boundary Layer Interaction Control for Supersonic Mixed Compression Inlets, Phase I Completed — Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
An L-Band Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Detection and Mitigation Testbed, Phase II Completed — Spectrum Efficiency Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Fusion of Inertial Navigation and Imagery Data, Phase I Completed — Onboard Navigation Algorithms Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Improved Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulant Production, Phase I Completed — Mission Planning Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A Practical Fuel Tank Inerting System for Commercial Aircraft, Phase II Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Ultra-Lightweight Optical Components for FTS Instruments, Phase I Completed — Optical Components Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Compact Magnet-less Circulators for ACE and Other NASA Missions Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves NASA Headquarters 2025-01-27 —
Sialyte(TM)-Based Composite Pressure Vessels for Extreme Environments, Phase I Completed — Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Demonstration of Fission Product Retention in a Novel NTR Fuel, Phase II Completed — Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Selective Photo-Initiated Electrophoretic Separator, Phase II Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Real-Time Novel Holographic Monitoring of Airborne Trace Contaminants Onboard Space Vessels, Phase I Completed — Automated Exascale Software Development Toolset Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
An Advanced Cooling System for In-Situ Resource Utilization, Phase II Completed — Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Robust Switching Control for Hypersonic Vehicles, Phase I Completed — Hypersonic Decelerators Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Next Generation, Low Cost, Direct Geo-referencing of Aerial Images, Phase I Completed — Decompression Sickness Mitigation Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
High Performance Flow Analysis and Control Tools for Aerial Vehicles, Phase II Completed — Aeroelasticity Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Long Life 600W Hall Thruster System for Radioisotope Electric Propulsion, Phase I Completed — Electrostatic Propulsion Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Ullage Compatible Optical Sensor for Monitoring Safety Significant Malfunctions, Phase II Completed — Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Resolution Multispectral Flow Imaging of Cells with Extended Depth of Field, Phase II Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Multiple Input - Multiple Output (MIMO) SAR Completed 2 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Situation Awareness Technologies, Phase I Completed — Software Cyber Security Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Fast Picometer Mirror Mount, Phase I Completed — Mirror Systems Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Automated Design and Analysis Tool for CLV/CEV Composite and Metallic Structural Components, Phase II Completed — Aeroelasticity Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Live-Axis Turning for the Fabrication of Non-Rotationally Symmetric Optics, Phase I Completed — Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A Tailorable Structural Composite for GCR and Albedo Neutron Protection on the Lunar Surface, Phase I Completed — Thermal Protection Materials Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Space-Qualifiable Cyanate Ester Elastomer, Phase II Completed — Thermal Protection Materials Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Radiation-Hardened Silicon Integrated Low-Loss Nano-Photonic Switches for Array LIDARs, Phase II Completed — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Improving Global Space Weather Forecasting Using EUV Imaging Completed 1 Space Weather Prediction Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A High Energy and High Efficiency Spectral Shaping Single Frequency Fiber Laser, Phase II Completed — Lasers Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Rate Tellecommunications for Mars Planetary and Proximity Ranges and other Deep-Space Missions-A, Phase I Completed — Reliability and Sustainment Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Active Pixel HgCdTe Detectors With Built-in Dark Current Reduction for Near-Room Temperature Operation, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Turn-key Near-Infrared Photon-Counting Detector Module for LIDAR Applications, Phase I Completed — Heat Transport Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
High Speed Photodetector for Terahertz Applications, Phase I Completed — Reliability and Sustainment Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Novel Lightweight Magnets for Space Applications, Phase I Completed — Docking and Berthing Mechanisms and Fixtures Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Enhanced Damage Tolerance High Temperature Composite Using a Biomimetic Toughening System, Phase I Completed — Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Uncooled Radiation Hard SiC Schottky VUV Detectors Capable of Single Photon Sensing, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Non-Toxic, Non-flammable, Low FP Heat Exchanger Fluids, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Integrated software toolbox for aeroelastic modeling and dynamic stability analysis of air vehicles, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Dynamic Strain and Crack Monitoring Sensor, Phase II Completed — Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Non-Foil High Barrier Food Packaging Materials for Human Centered Spacecrafts, Phase I Completed — Coatings Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Reflight of the Stratospheric TeraHertz Observatory: STO-2 JHU/APL Co-I Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves — 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.