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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 81 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Affordable High Power Density Engine Designs for Personal Air Vehicles, Phase II Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Constellation C3I Crew-Ground-Experimenter-Developer Collaboration Services, Phase I Completed — — Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
COVE-2: CubeSat On-board Processing Validation Experiment 2 (COVE-2) Completed 5 Exascale Supercomputer File System NASA Headquarters 2025-01-27 —
A High Reliability Frequency Stabilized Semiconductor Laser Source, Phase I Completed 4 Lasers Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Surface Optimization Techniques for Deployable Reflectors, Phase I Completed — Innovative Antennas Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Wireless Integrated Microelectronic Vacuum Sensor System, Phase I Completed — Environment Sensors Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Monolithic Approach to Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Aluminum, Phase I Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Model Updating in Online Aircraft Prognosis Systems, Phase II Completed — Operational Assurance Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Handheld Sensing Device for Pathogenic Detection, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Novel instrumentation for in situ combustion measurements, Phase I Completed 3 Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
A Novel Low-cost, Ka-band, High Altitude, Multi-Baseline Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Sensor for Surface Water Ocean Topography, Phase I Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
A Nanocomposite Approach to Microcrack Prevention in Composite Cryotanks, Phase I Completed — In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Non-Invasive Transcranial Doppler Sonogram Device for Detection of Embolic Air in Cerebral Arteries, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Interchangeable Bearings for Profile and Weight Trade Studies, Phase I Completed — Pressure Garment Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
An Advanced Light Weight Recuperator for Space Power Systems, Phase II Completed — Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Conformal Space Suit Antenna Development for Enhanced EVA Communications and Wearable Computer Applications, Phase I Completed — Informatics and Decision Support Systems Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Pulsed Single Frequency MOPA Laser, Phase I Completed — Lasers Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Electrospray Collection of Airborne Contaminants, Phase I Completed — Electrostatic Propulsion Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Gigahertz Optical Data Transmitters for Laser Communications, Phase I Completed — Optimetrics Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Onboard Autonomous Scheduling Intelligence System, Phase I Completed — Integrated Flight Operations Systems Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Low-Cost Innovative Hi-Temp Fiber Coating Process for Advanced Ceramic Matrix Composites, Phase I Completed 5 Manufacturing Processes Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Ultra-Low-Power High-Frequency Micro-Vortex Generators for Transonic Flow Control, Phase I Completed — Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced insulation Materials for Cryogenic Propellant Storage Applications, Phase I Completed — Ground Testing and Operations Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Robust CCSDS Image Data to JPEG2K Transcoding, Phase I Completed — Knowledge and Model Building Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
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 2025-01-27 —
Flight-Deck Interface for High-Precision Taxi Control, Phase II Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
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 2025-01-27 —
Microdischarge Array Flexible Light Source for High-Efficiency Irradiation of Spaced-Based Crops, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Taxonomy Enabled Discovery (TED), Phase I Completed — Intelligent Data Understanding Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Frequency Flush Mounted Miniature LOX Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensor II, Phase II Completed — Environment Sensors Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
An Intelligent Fault Diagnosis and Accommodation Approach for Nonlinear Aircraft, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Omni-Directional Stereographic Imaging System, Phase I Completed — Informatics and Decision Support Systems Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Automated Analysis of Imaging Based Experiments, Phase I Completed — Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Computational Models for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems, Phase I Completed — Aeroelasticity Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Carbon Nanotube-Based Adsorbents for Volatile Air Contaminants, Phase II Completed — Atmosphere Revitalization Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Optical Landing Hazard Sensor, Phase II Completed — Atmosphere Characterization Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Waveguide Gas Cell for Correlation Radiometry of Trace Gases Completed — Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Performance Elastically Self-Deployed Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA), Phase I Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
ACES-Based Testbed and Bayesian Game-Theoretic Framework for Dynamic Airspace Configuration, Phase II Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
RAME: A Supervisory System Enforcing Design for Safety and Mission Success, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Novel Micro-Capillary Electrochromatography for Mars Organic Detector, Phase II Completed 5 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Eulerian Air Traffic Flow Management Agent for the ACES Software, Phase I Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Multi-layer Far-Infrared Component Technology, Phase I Completed — Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Hypersonic Free-Flight Measurement of Aeroshell Forces and Flowfields, Phase I Completed — Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
128x128 Ultra-High Density Optical Interconnect, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Fast GC for Space Applications Based on PIES Technology, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
TAGS II: Tether Electrodynamic Spinup and Survivability Experiment (TESSX), Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
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 2025-01-27 —
New Class of Multi-Channel Spectrometers Based on Diffraction Grating Array, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Low Cost/Low Noise Variable Pitch Ducted Fan, Phase I Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Langley 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.