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 63 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
4 Kelvin Cooling with Innovative Final Stage of Multistage Cryocooler, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Goddard Space Flight Center
SPHERES Autonomy and Identification Testbed, Phase I	Completed	—	Guidance Algorithms	Ames Research Center
Robust Decision Support Technology, Phase I	Completed	—	Uncertainty Quantification and Nondeterministic Simulation Methods	Ames Research Center
Integration of Full-Spectrum Metrology and Polishing for Rapid Production of Large Aspheres, Phase II	Completed	—	Lasers	Goddard Space Flight Center
Miniature Carbon Dioxide Sensor for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Prevention and Countermeasures	Goddard Space Flight Center
Scramjet Combustion Stability Behavior Modeling, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Control Analysis	Glenn Research Center
Flight-appropriate 3D Terrain-rendering Toolkit for Synthetic Vision, Phase II	Completed	—	Aircraft Avionics Systems	Langley Research Center
Development of Ultra-smooth Diamond Tooling for Machining Lightweight Mirrors, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
Three Phase Resonant DC Power Converter for Ion Thrusters, Phase II	Completed	—	Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Development of an Anti-Vibration Controller for Magnetic Bearing Cooling Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Marshall Space Flight Center
Agent-Based Health Monitoring System, Phase II	Completed	—	Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling	Ames Research Center
Integration of Superconducting Electrical and Thermal Circuits for Microscale Cooling, Phase I	Completed	—	Measurement and Control	Goddard Space Flight Center
Multi-Scale (nano-to-device), Multi-Physics Software For Design of Nanobiosystems, Phase I	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Ames Research Center
Surface Characterization for Neutral Wind Imaging	Completed	2	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Goddard Space Flight Center
Composites of Ti-Al Intermetallic Compounds With a Ductile Ti Matrix, Phase I	Completed	—	Lightweight Structural Materials	Marshall Space Flight Center
Hybrid High-Temperature Superconductor Current Leads for Space Applications, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Cell/Tissue Culture Radiation Exposure Facility, Phase II	Completed	—	Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling	Ames Research Center
Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Sensor for Plant Production Environments, Phase II	Completed	—	Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring	Kennedy Space Center
Wire Insulation Incorporating Self-Healing Polymers (WIISP), Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	Johnson Space Center
Reconfigurable, Digital EVA Radio, Phase I	Completed	—	Reliability and Sustainment	Johnson Space Center
Low-Power Formaldehyde Detector for Space Applications, Phase II	Completed	—	Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors	Johnson Space Center
Coatings for Foil Seals/Foil Bearings for Gas Turbine Engines, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Glenn Research Center
Aseptic Plant Culture System (APCS), Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Kennedy Space Center
"Slowed Rotor/Compound" Vertical Takeoff and Landing Personal Air Vehicle, Phase I	Completed	—	Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles	Langley Research Center
Fiber Optic Sensors for Leak Detection and Condition Monitoring in Hydrogen Fuel Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Reliability and Sustainment	Glenn Research Center
Compact Transcranial Doppler (TCD) for Bioastronautics Research, Phase II	Completed	—	Decompression Sickness Mitigation	Johnson Space Center
Variable Conductance Heat Pipes for Radioisotope Stirling Systems, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Sources	Glenn Research Center
VTOL to Transonic Aircraft, Phase I	Completed	—	Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles	Armstrong Flight Research Center
SpeedStar: A Stellar Gyroscope, Phase I	Completed	—	Attitude Estimation Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Smart Crucibles for Materials Processing in Microgravity, Phase I	Completed	—	Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Processes	Marshall Space Flight Center
Metabolic Heat Regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption for CO2, Thermal and Humidity Control, Phase I	Completed	3	Ground Analogs for Space and Surface Systems	Johnson Space Center
Virtual Satellite Integration Environment, Phase I	Completed	—	Vehicle and Payload Assembly and Integration	Ames Research Center
In Situ Wake Vortex Encounter Detection and Reporting System, Phase II	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Langley Research Center
Noninvasive Automated Diagnostic System for Aircraft Wiring, Phase I	Completed	—	Automated Exascale Software Development Toolset	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Variable Conductance Heat Pipes for Radioisotope Stirling Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Heat Sources	Glenn Research Center
Multispectral Panoramic Imaging System, Phase I	Completed	—	Optical Components	Langley Research Center
Actively Deformable Control Device for Fatigue Life Enhancement, Phase I	Completed	—	Decompression Sickness Mitigation	Langley Research Center
Robust Engineered Thermal Control Material Systems for Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and Prometheus Needs, Phase I	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Glenn Research Center
Integrated MMIC for Phase-Locked Oscillators and Frequency Synthesizers, Phase I	Completed	—	Innovative RF Technologies	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mutlifunctional Fibers for Energy Generation/Storage and Thermal Controls in Extravehicular Mobility Unity, Phase I	Completed	—	Testing and Evaluation	Johnson Space Center
Low Power Mass Spectrometer employing TOF, Phase I	Completed	—	Timekeeping and Time Distribution	Goddard Space Flight Center
Alchemist - Air Separation Technology Development, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
A New Wick Structure to Significantly Improve Heat Pipe Performance, Phase I	Completed	—	Heat Transport	Johnson Space Center
An IntegratedTurbulence Hazard Decision Aid for the Cockpit, Phase II	Completed	—	Architectures and Infrastructure	Langley Research Center
UAVSAR Global Hawk POLSAR (POLSAR)	Completed	5	Electronics	NASA Headquarters
Efficient and Accurate Computational Framework for Injector Design and Analysis, Phase II	Completed	—	Cryogenic Analysis, Safety, and Properties	Marshall Space Flight Center
Authoring software for developing 3D photo-realistic terrain models., Phase II	Completed	—	Electrothermal Propulsion	Langley Research Center
Advanced Product Water Removal and Management (APWR) Fuel Cell System, Phase II	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Glenn Research Center
Lunar In-Situ Volatile Extraction, Phase I	Completed	—	Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation	Johnson Space Center
Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids, Phase I	Completed	—	Measurement and Control	Marshall Space Flight 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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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.