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 81 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
ASCENDS CarbonHawk Experiment Simulator (ACES)	Completed	5	Lasers	NASA Headquarters
Grasp Algorithms For Optotactile Robotic Sample Acquisition, Phase I	Completed	—	Sample Acquisition and Handling	Johnson Space Center
High-Yield Process for Selectively Converting CO2 to Aromatics and Olefins, Phase I	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Johnson Space Center
Nanostructured High Temperature Optical Filters for Protection of Spectroscopic Instrumentation, Phase II	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Stennis Space Center
Digital Array Gas Radiometer (DAGR), Phase I	Completed	3	Environment Sensors	Langley Research Center
Architecture-Based Reuse Innovations, Phase I	Completed	—	Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards	Ames Research Center
Novel Ultralow-Weight Metal Rubber Sensor System for Ultra Long-Duration Scientific Balloons, Phase I	Completed	4	Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL	Goddard Space Flight Center
Near Net Shape Fabrication Technology for Shape Memory Alloy Components, Phase I	Completed	—	Smart Materials	Glenn Research Center
Coordinated Control of Multi-Agent Systems in Rapidly Varying Environments, Phase II	Completed	—	Integrated Flight Operations Systems	Ames Research Center
Active Pixel HgCdTe Detectors With Built-in Dark Current Reduction for Near-Room Temperature Operation, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Langley Research Center
Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Local Oscillator for Terahertz Astronomy (7275-070), Phase I	Completed	—	Lasers	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Characterizing and Manufacturing Multifunctional Radiation Shielding Materials, Phase I	Completed	—	Protection Systems	Langley Research Center
3-D Docking Sensor Algorithms, Phase I	Completed	—	Rendezvous and Docking Algorithms	Johnson Space Center
Lightweight, High-Temperature Radiator Panels, Phase II	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Glenn Research Center
High Temperature Smart Structures for Engine Noise Reduction and Performance Enhancement, Phase II	Completed	—	Aeroacoustics	Glenn Research Center
SAFE-P: System for Assurance of Flight Executable Procedures, Phase I	Completed	—	Architecture and Design of Software systems	Ames Research Center
Remote Online Visualization Environment for Researchers, Phase I	Completed	—	Intelligent Data Understanding	Goddard Space Flight Center
Neural Network Based Bioimpedance Cardiac Output Monitor, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Ames Research Center
Single Electron Transistor Platform for Microgravity Proteomics, Phase II	Completed	—	Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies	Johnson Space Center
Model-Based Resource and Mode Management for Lunar Surface Operations, Phase I	Completed	—	High-Fidelity Simulation and Visualization	Johnson Space Center
High-Altitude Atmospheric Reconstruction (AHW)	Completed	—	Impact, Damage, and Radiation-Resistant Systems	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Design and Integration for the Cloud-Aerosol Multi-Angle Lidar	Completed	3	Lasers	Goddard Space Flight Center
Wireless System for Continuous Cardiopulmonary Monitoring in a Space Environment, Phase II	Completed	—	Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring	Glenn Research Center
A Novel Low-Cost Dual-Wavelength Precipitation Radar Sensor Network, Phase II	Completed	—	Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves	Goddard Space Flight Center
Base Flow Model Validation, Phase I	Completed	—	Intelligent Data Understanding	Marshall Space Flight Center
Semi-Tandem Electric Distributed Wing Zip Aviation Advanced Concept	Completed	3	All-Electric Propulsion	Langley Research Center
Use Of Dynamic Distortion To Predict And Alleviate Loss Of Control, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Compact, Lightweight, High Voltage Propellant Isolators, Phase I	Completed	—	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
Concept Development for Advanced Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar	Completed	2	Observatories	Goddard Space Flight Center
Rendezvous and Docking Sensor Suite, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
Space-SDR: An FPGA-Based Software Defined Radio, Phase I	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Johnson Space Center
Improving Test Operations Through Scalable Video Processing on Computer Clusters, Phase II	Completed	—	Measurement and Control	Stennis Space Center
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Sensors for Hypersonic Flows (7275-020), Phase II	Completed	—	Field and Particle Detectors	Ames Research Center
Clean Tech Open	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	—
High-Bandwidth Hybrid Sensor (HYSENS), Phase II	Completed	—	Navigation Sensors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surface-Mount Rotor Motion Sensing System, Phase I	Completed	—	Measurement and Control	Ames Research Center
Miniaturized Water Recovery System for Advanced Life Support Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Decompression Sickness Mitigation	Kennedy Space Center
Range Surveillance Using Radio Interferometry and TDOA Techniques, Phase I	Completed	—	Atmospheric Characterization and Mitigation	Kennedy Space Center
Aluminum/Alumina Based Metal Matrix Composites from Nanometer Powder, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
A Real-Time Monitor to Predict Loss of Control due to Pilot-Induced Oscillations, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Foam-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Radiation Shields, Phase I	Completed	—	Protection Systems	Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Qualified Non-Destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring Technology, Phase II	Completed	—	Reliability and Sustainment	Langley Research Center
ZEUS-DO: A Design Oriented CFD-Based Unsteady Aerodynamic Capability for Flight Vehicle Multidisciplinary Configuration Shape Optimization, Phase II	Completed	—	Aeroelasticity	Langley Research Center
Integrated Spatial Filter Array, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Adaptive Optics System Based on a Compact Liquid Crystal Wavefront Corrector, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Goddard Space Flight Center
Resilient Space-Qualified Non-Destructive Evaluation Miniature System by Microma, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Langley Research Center
Parallel Detection of Multiple Biomarkers During Spaceflight, Phase I	Completed	—	Monitoring Technology	Ames Research Center
Metal Mesh Filters for Terahertz Receivers, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A Renewed Approach for Large Eddy Simulation of Complex Geometries, Phase II	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Glenn Research Center
Space Compatible Radar Absorbing Materials, Phase I	Completed	—	Lightweight Structural Materials	Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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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.

💻 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.