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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 78 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Reconfigurable Task Processor, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Optical Monitor for Major Air Constituents, Phase I Completed — Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Hard Upper Torso Shoulder Joint Design for Crew Member Sizing Adjustment and Enhanced Mobility, Phase I Completed — Pressure Garment Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Reactive-Separator Process Unit for Lunar Regolith, Phase I Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Silicone-based Coatings for Flexible Fabric Applications, Phase I Completed — Coatings Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Highly Durable Catalysts for Ignition of Advanced Monopropellants, Phase I Completed — Test Instruments and Sensors Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Performance Fire Detector for Spacecraft, Phase I Completed — Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Integrated Collision Avoidance Enhanced GN&C System for Smart Air Vehicles, Phase I Completed — GN&C Fault Management, Fault Tolerance, and Autonomy Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Beam Combination for Sparse Aperture Telescopes, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Computer-Aided Design Methods for Model-Based Nonlinear Engine Control Systems, Phase I Completed — Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Low Power X-Ray Photon Resolving Imaging Array, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Graphical User Interface for High Energy Multi-Particle Transport, Phase II Completed — Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
CuInGaAlSe2 Solar Absorbers On Flexible High-Temperature Substrates, Phase II Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Composites of Fiber-Reinforced Ultra Thin Films for X-ray Applications, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Materials for Advancement of MXER Tether Design (1000-549), Phase II Completed — Electromagnetic Tethers Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Distributed Flight Controls for UAVs, Phase I Completed — Aeroelasticity Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Photochemical Cyclopolymerization of Polyimides in Ultraviolet Ridgidizing Composites for Use in Inflatable Structures, Phase I Completed — Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Compact Trace Gas Analysis for Airborne Applications, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Low Cost Phased Array Antenna System, Phase I Completed — Innovative Antennas Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Advancement of the O2 Subsystem to Demonstrate Retrieval of XCO2 Using Simultaneous Laser Absorption Spectrometer Integrated Column Measurements of CO2 and O2 Completed 5 Lasers NASA Headquarters 2025-01-27 —
Fault Tolerant, Radiation Hard DSP, Phase II Completed — Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Real-Time Adaptive Algorithms for Flight Control Diagnostics and Prognostics, Phase II Completed — Learning and Adaptation Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Novel Single Photon Counting Readout Circuits and APD Arrays with capability from UV to IR, Phase I Completed 2 Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Automated Fault Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Recovery in Spacecraft Power Systems, Phase I Completed — Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Design Methodologies and to Combat Radiation Induced Corruption in FPGAs and SoCs, Phase I Completed — Hazard Assessment Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Single Molecule Scanning of DNA Radiation Oxidative Damage, Phase I Completed — Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Antenna-Coupled Superconducting Detector Arrays for CMB Polarimetry Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes — 2025-01-27 —
Microfluidic Life Analyzer (MILA) Completed 3 Optical Components — 2025-01-27 —
ESPA for Lunar and Science Missions, Phase I Completed — Launch Vehicle Propellant Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Innovative Development of Kernel-Based Reduced-Order Models for Predicting LCO Onset, Phase I Completed — Flight Performance and Analysis Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Spectrally-Tunable Infrared Camera Based on Highly-Sensitive Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Dust-Tolerant Reusable Connection Mechanisms for Lunar Environments, Phase I Completed — Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Active Flow Control with Adaptive Design Techniques for Improved Aircraft Safety, Phase II Completed — Aeroelasticity Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Multiple Configuration Space Environment (MCSE), Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
High Temperature Solid State Lithium Battery, Phase I Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Lightweight Tunable Infrared Filter, Phase II Completed — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Computational Wind Tunnel: A Design Tool for Rotorcraft, Phase II Completed — Ground and Flight Test Technologies Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Collection and Purification of Lunar Propellant Resources, Phase I Completed — Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
small UAS Control Center Completed 2 Safe All-Vehicle Access Wallops Flight Facility 2025-01-27 —
Passive Wireless Hydrogen Sensors Using Orthogonal Frequency Coded Acoustic Wave Devices, Phase II Completed — Test Instruments and Sensors Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Reusable Handheld Electrolytes and Lab Technology for Humans (rHEALTH Sensor), Phase II Completed — Navigation Sensors Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Electronic Modeling and Design for Extreme Temperatures, Phase II Completed — Electronics Development Tools Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Low-energy Planetary Excavator (LPE), Phase II Completed — Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Battery Diagnostics and Prognostics for Space Applications, Phase I Completed — Advanced Life Cycle Testing Techniques Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Temperature Sound Absorption Coating - Soundown HT, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
MOIDSS?- Mobile Online Intelligent Decision Support System, Phase II Completed — Reliability and Sustainment Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
X-Band to W-Band Doppler Radar Using Reconfigurable RF T/R MMIC Series, Phase II Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Electrochemical-Driven Fluid Pump for Spacecraft Thermal Control, Phase II Completed — In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Flow Test for Rotating Chamber Pulse Detonation Engine, Phase I Completed — Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
CMOS-MEMS Microgravity Accelerometer with High-Precision DC Response, Phase I Completed — Navigation Sensors Glenn Research 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.