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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 77 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Segmented MEMS Mirror Arrays, Phase I Completed — Mirror Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Novel Color Depth Mapping Imaging Sensor System, Phase II Completed — Relative Navigation Sensors Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
An Ideal Integrating Bolometer Canceled 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Morphing Flight Control Surface for Advanced Flight Performance, Phase I Completed — Flight Mechanics Testing and Flight Operations Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Beach Ball Coronagraph Completed 2 Nondestructive Inspection, Evaluation, and Root Cause Analysis Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Robust Aeroservoelastic Toolbox for Nonlinear Data-Based Modeling and Analysis, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Improving Test Operations Through Scalable Video Processing on Computer Clusters, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
High Performing, Low Temperature Operating, Long Lifetime, Aerospace Lubricants, Phase II Completed — Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Efficient Integration, Validation and Troubleshooting in Multimodal Distributed Diagnostic Schemes, Phase I Completed 4 Site Management for Launches, Tests, and Operations Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Airborne Isotopic Hydrocarbon Analyzer for Titan, Phase I Completed 4 Environment Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Rugged Optical Atmospheric Humidity Sensor, Phase I Completed — Environment Sensors Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Lightweight Radiator Fins for Space Nuclear Power, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Surface Iridium Anodes for Molten Oxide Electrolysis, Phase I Completed — Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Spectrometer for Particle Characterization With a New Multiple-Scattering Theory, Phase I Completed — Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Productive Large Scale Personal Computing: Fast Multipole Methods on GPU/CPU Systems, Phase I Completed — Quantum Computer Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Compact All Solid State Oceanic Inherent Optical Property Sensor, Phase II Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Novel High Temperature Strain Gauge, Phase I Completed 3 Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Development of a rugged, fuel tank compatible, oxygen concentration sensor, Phase II Completed — Decompression Sickness Mitigation Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Lightweight, Wearable Metal Rubber-Textile Sensor for In Situ Lunar Autonomous Health Monitoring, Phase I Completed — Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Guidance, Navigation, and Control System for Maneuverable Pico-Satellites, Phase I Completed 3 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Loaded Gelled Bipropellants for Optimized Performance, Phase II Completed — Gels Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Pressure Controlled Heat Pipe for Precise Temperature Control, Phase I Completed — Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Remote On-demand Networked Distributed Operations (RONDO), Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
System for Analyzing Microscopic Defects and Defect Propagation Due to Aging, Phase I Completed — Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Specific Impulse Analysis of Solid Materials for Ablative Laser Propulsion, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Novel Tunable Dye Laser for Lidar Detection, Phase I Completed — Special Materials Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
High Thermal Conductivity Fabric, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Enhanced Brine Dewatering System, Phase II Completed — Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Nanocomposite Thermolectric Materials by High Pressure Powder Consolidation Manufacturing, Phase II Completed — Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Continued Development of an Airborne System for Direct Validation of Regional Carbon Flux Estimates (CARAFE) Completed 7 Environment Sensors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Titan Balloon Convection Model, Phase I Completed — Software Modeling and Model Checking Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
High Reliability Oscillators for Terahertz Systems, Phase II Completed — Flight and Ground Systems Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Composite Matrix Systems for Cryogenic Applications, Phase I Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Silicon Germanium Quantum Well Solar Cell Completed 2 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Lab on a Chip LCVR Polarimeter for Exploration of Life Signatures, Phase I Completed — Advanced Electronic Parts Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Performance Dual Band Photodetector Arrays for MWIR/LWIR Imaging, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
SMART Tape For Structural Health Monitoring of Rocket Engines, Phase II Completed — Reliability and Sustainment Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Superconducting Aero Propulsion Motor, Phase I Completed — Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Compact, Dual Channel, Mid-IR Laser Spectrometer, Phase I Completed — Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
An Application to Report Quantitative Measures of the Effectiveness of user Interfaces to be used for Task-Sensitive Evaluations., Phase I Completed — Human Factors Engineering Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Lab-on-a-chip Astrobiology Analyzer, Phase II Completed — Heat Sources Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Nonintrusive Optical Thermometers for Real-Time Control of Fabrication Processes, Phase I Completed — Coatings Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Radiation-Tolerant Reprogrammable FPGA for Digital Signal Processing Circuits, Phase I Completed 3 High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Energy Density Capacitors, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Integration of full-spectrum metrology and polishing for rapid production of large aspheres, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Polymer Flip Chips with Extreme Temperature Stability in Space, Phase I Completed — Thermal Protection Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
High Efficiency Three Phase Resonant Conversion for Standardized Architecture Power System Applications, Phase II Completed 4 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
DC-Motor Drive Encompassing SiGe Asynchronous Control Electronics for Ultra-Wide (-230 °C to +130 °C) Environments, Phase II Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Remote EMI Field Strength Mapping, Phase I Completed — Electromagnetic Environment Effects Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Dual Use Packaging, Phase I Completed — Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Processes Johnson 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.