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 79 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Low-Cost Innovative Hi-Temp Fiber Coating Process for Advanced Ceramic Matrix Composites, Phase I	Completed	5	Manufacturing Processes	Glenn Research Center
Ultra-Low-Power High-Frequency Micro-Vortex Generators for Transonic Flow Control, Phase I	Completed	—	Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions	Langley Research Center
Advanced insulation Materials for Cryogenic Propellant Storage Applications, Phase I	Completed	—	Ground Testing and Operations	Johnson Space Center
Robust CCSDS Image Data to JPEG2K Transcoding, Phase I	Completed	—	Knowledge and Model Building	Goddard Space Flight Center
CIRS-lite as a lightweight atmospheric sounder for Earth trace-gas science (CIRS-lite)	Completed	3	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
Flight-Deck Interface for High-Precision Taxi Control, Phase II	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Ames Research Center
Software Tools that Control a Framework of Perceptual Interfaces and Visual Display Systems for Human-System Interaction with Robotic and Autonomous Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Team Preparedness and Training	Johnson Space Center
Microdischarge Array Flexible Light Source for High-Efficiency Irradiation of Spaced-Based Crops, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Kennedy Space Center
Taxonomy Enabled Discovery (TED), Phase I	Completed	—	Intelligent Data Understanding	Ames Research Center
High-Frequency Flush Mounted Miniature LOX Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensor II, Phase II	Completed	—	Environment Sensors	Stennis Space Center
An Intelligent Fault Diagnosis and Accommodation Approach for Nonlinear Aircraft, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Ames Research Center
Omni-Directional Stereographic Imaging System, Phase I	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Johnson Space Center
Automated Analysis of Imaging Based Experiments, Phase I	Completed	—	Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis	Glenn Research Center
Computational Models for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Aeroelasticity	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Carbon Nanotube-Based Adsorbents for Volatile Air Contaminants, Phase II	Completed	—	Atmosphere Revitalization	Johnson Space Center
Optical Landing Hazard Sensor, Phase II	Completed	—	Atmosphere Characterization	Langley Research Center
Waveguide Gas Cell for Correlation Radiometry of Trace Gases	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
High-Performance Elastically Self-Deployed Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA), Phase I	Completed	—	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
ACES-Based Testbed and Bayesian Game-Theoretic Framework for Dynamic Airspace Configuration, Phase II	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Ames Research Center
RAME: A Supervisory System Enforcing Design for Safety and Mission Success, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Novel Micro-Capillary Electrochromatography for Mars Organic Detector, Phase II	Completed	5	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Eulerian Air Traffic Flow Management Agent for the ACES Software, Phase I	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Ames Research Center
Multi-layer Far-Infrared Component Technology, Phase I	Completed	—	Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Hypersonic Free-Flight Measurement of Aeroshell Forces and Flowfields, Phase I	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Langley Research Center
128x128 Ultra-High Density Optical Interconnect, Phase I	Completed	—	Measurement and Control	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Fast GC for Space Applications Based on PIES Technology, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Ames Research Center
TAGS II: Tether Electrodynamic Spinup and Survivability Experiment (TESSX), Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
Magnesium Diboride Superconducting Coils for Electric Propulsion Systems for Large Aircraft, Phase II	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Glenn Research Center
New Class of Multi-Channel Spectrometers Based on Diffraction Grating Array, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Marshall Space Flight Center
Low Cost/Low Noise Variable Pitch Ducted Fan, Phase I	Completed	—	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	Langley Research Center
Highly Adaptive Primary Mirror Having Embedded Actuators, Sensors, and Neural Control, Phase II	Completed	—	Navigation Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
High-Sensitivity Semiconductor Photocathodes for Space-Born UV Photon-Counting and Imaging, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Development of Tantalum Carbide for Microgravity Containment Cartridges, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
High Temperature Electrostrictive Ceramics, Phase I	Completed	—	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Guidance and Navigation Using Sun, Stars, and Light Video Recognition, Phase I	Completed	—	Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing	Goddard Space Flight Center
Plasma Air Decontamination System (PADS), Phase I	Completed	—	Atmosphere Revitalization	Marshall Space Flight Center
Ultraflat Tip-Tilt-Piston MEMS Deformable Mirror, Phase II	Completed	—	Mirror Systems	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Effects of Radiation and Thermal Stability of Sm-Co High Temperature Magnets For High Power Ion Propulsion, Phase I	Completed	—	Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies	Glenn Research Center
Sapphire Optical Fiber Sensors for Structural Performance Testing up to 3000 F, Phase I	Completed	—	TPS Instrumentation	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Turbulence Framework for Jet Noise Prediction and Reduction, Phase II	Completed	—	Aeroacoustics	Glenn Research Center
Condition Based Maintenance of Space Exploration Vehicles Using Structural Health Monitoring, Phase I	Completed	—	Reliability and Sustainment	Ames Research Center
Wearable Health Monitoring Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring	Johnson Space Center
Wide-Bandwidth, Ultra-Accurate, Composite Inertial Reference Sensor, Phase I	Completed	—	Navigation Sensors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Development of Modular Spray-Cooled Assemblies for High Heat Fluxes, Phase I	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Goddard Space Flight Center
Small, Light-Weight Pump Technology for On-Board Pressurization of Propellants in a Mars Ascent Vehicle, Phase II	Completed	—	Cryogenic Propulsion	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Digital System e-Prognostics for Critical Aircraft Computer Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis	Glenn Research Center
Automated Mulitple Object Optical Tracking and Recognition System, Phase I	Completed	—	Range Tracking, Surveillance, and Flight Safety Technologies	Kennedy Space Center
Electrochemical Power Plant for Terrestrial Flight Platforms, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells	Langley Research Center
Lunar In-Situ Fabrication: The Manufacturing of Thin Film Solar Cells on the Surface of the Moon, Phase I	Completed	—	Surface Construction and Assembly	Marshall Space Flight Center
Multifunctional Erosion Resistant Icephobic Appliqués for Rotorblades, Phase I	Completed	3	Engine Icing	Ames Research 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.