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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 7 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Microwave Rain Gage, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
New and Improved Classifiers for Fault Diagnosis, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Reducing Symptomatology of Space Adaptation Syndrome through Perceptual Training, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Real-Time Decision Making for Small Embedded Systems, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
A Miniaturized Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope for In-Situ Use on Mars Completed — Sample Acquisition and Handling — 2018-10-10 —
Efficient Air Traffic Scenario Generation, Phase I Completed — Decompression Sickness Mitigation Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Optimal Path Planning Toolbox for Formation Flying Spacecraft Missions, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Comprehensive Atomization/Spray Module for Advanced CFD Combustion Codes, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Holographic Inter-Spacecraft Transceiver System, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Acoustic Test Method for Turbofan Engine Exhaust Systems at Cruise Conditions, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
A Reusable and Autonomous Ocean-Atmosphere Sensor Integration System (OASIS), Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Electrostatic Self-Assembly of Nanocomposite Electro-Optic Materials, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Development of High Frequency Excitation Devices for Noise Reduction, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Intelligent Variable Emittance Panels Using New, ?True? Solid Electrolyte, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Acoustic Test Method for Turbofan Engine Exhaust Systems at Cruise Conditions, Phase I Completed — Reciprocating Internal Combustion Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Three-Dimensional Health Monitoring of Sandwich Composites, Phase I Completed — TPS Instrumentation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Intelligent Displays for Time-Critical Maneuvering of Multi-Axis Vehicles, Phase I Completed — Informatics and Decision Support Systems Ames Research Center 2018-10-10 —
A 10W @ 20K Cooler for Spaceport of Cryogenic Fluids, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Intelligent Medical System for Space and Ground, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Rotational Molding of Thermoplastic Cryogenic Propellant Tanks, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Marshall Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
A Reusable and Autonomous Ocean-Atmosphere Sensor Integration System (OASIS), Phase II Completed — Edge Computing Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Detection of Amino Acids/Organics on an Open-Tubular Ion/Liquid Chromatograph Completed 2 Field and Particle Detectors The University of Texas at Arlington 2018-10-10 —
Human-Robot Interaction Reconfigurable Test Environment: Optimizing the Human Interface Completed — Human-System Performance Modeling Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Acoustic Igniter, Phase II Completed 5 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Marshall Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Composite Grids for Ion Thruster, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-10-10 —
Compact, Wavelength Stabilized Seed Source for Multi-Wavelength Lidar Applications, Phase I Completed 4 Lasers Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Novel Material Systems and Methodologies for Transient Thermal Management Completed 3 Ground Testing and Operations Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Advanced Water Purification System For In Situ Resource Utilization Completed 3 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Visualization in Real-Time Experiment (VIRTEx) Completed 5 High-Fidelity Simulation and Visualization Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Deep Space Power and Propulsion Systems, Phase II Completed — Static Energy Conversion Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
High Fidelity Multi-Scale Regolith Simulation Tool for ISRU, Phase II Completed — Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Robust Flow Control For Radically Enhanced Natural Laminar Flow Wings, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Armstrong Flight Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Friction-Sensing Reflector Array Patches (FRAP), Phase II Completed — Flexible Material Systems Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Gamma Detector Modular Assemblies for EXIST, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
A resolution to the low temperature electron recombination problem for astrophysical plasmas. Completed — Field and Particle Detectors — 2018-10-10 —
Protein Microarrays for Bioreactor Bioproduct Monitoring, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Reflection Grating Modules: Alignment and Testing Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves — 2018-10-10 —
A Low Cost, Electronically Scanned Array (ESA) Antenna Technology for Aviation Hazard Detection and Avoidance, Phase II Completed — Innovative Antennas Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Electrochemically Modulated Gas/Liquid Separation Technology for In Situ Resource Utilization Process Streams, Phase I Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Compact Terahertz Heterodyne Receivers, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Soft Magnetic Nanocomposites for High-Frequency Power Applications, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Advanced Space Power Systems (ASPS): High Specific Energy Li-ion Battery Cells Completed 5 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Glenn Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Heterodyne Spectrometer Completed 2 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Three-Axis Gasless Sounding Rocket Payload Attitude Control Completed 3 Onboard Maneuvering, Pointing, Stabilization, and Flight Control Algorithms Wallops Flight Facility 2018-10-10 —
Electric Field Imaging of Tribolectric Charged Materials (EFI) Completed 6 Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Langley Research Center 2018-10-10 —
Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Lunar/ISS Experiment Completed 5 Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Kennedy Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Bluetooth Wireless Wearable Modular Medical Instrumentation, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Direct Electrochemical Methanol Production for Mars, Phase I Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Johnson Space Center 2018-10-10 —
Aerogel Scattering Filters for Millimeter and Sub-mm Astrophysics Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2018-10-10 —
Quasi-Optical Filter Development and Characterization forFar-IR Astronomical Applications Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes — 2018-10-10 —
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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.