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 82 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Elastomeric Dampers derived from First-Principles-Based Analytical Simulation, Phase II	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Ames Research Center
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell/Turbine Hybrid Power System for Advanced Aero-propulsion and Power, Phase I	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells	Glenn Research Center
WGM Resonators for Proteomic Analysis, Phase I	Completed	—	Alternative Low-Carbon Jet Fuel	Marshall Space Flight Center
Efficient Thermally Stable Spectral Control Filters for Thermophotovoltaics, Phase I	Completed	—	Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation	Glenn Research Center
Flow-Angle and Airspeed Sensor System (FASS) Using Flush-Mounted Hot-Films, Phase II	Completed	—	Aerodynamics	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Simulation Environment for CubeSat Hardware-In-The-Loop Test Bed	Completed	2	Testing and Evaluation	Goddard Space Flight Center
Quantum Calorimeters Based on HgCdTe Alloys, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Thermo-Acoustic Convertor for Space Power, Phase I	Completed	—	Dynamic Energy Conversion	Glenn Research Center
Lightweight and Energy Efficient Heat Pump, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Smart Crucibles and Heat Pipes, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Marshall Space Flight Center
A Hardware/Software Design Environment for Reconfigurable Communication Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Informatics and Decision Support Systems	Glenn Research Center
Optical Relative Attitude Sensor for Short-Range Navigation, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Johnson Space Center
High Operating Temperature, Radiation-Hard MIM Thermophotovoltaic Converters, Phase I	Completed	—	Measurement and Control	Glenn Research Center
Advanced Pumps and Cold Plates for Two-Phase Cooling Loops, Phase I	Completed	—	Heat Acquisition	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Superpressure Tow Balloon for Extending Durations and Modifying Trajectories of High Altitude Balloon Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	In-Space Propellant Storage and Use	Goddard Space Flight Center
Miniature Spatial Heterodyne Time-Resolved Raman Spectrometer (SHRS) for Planetary Surface and Subsurface Boreholes Mineralogy	Completed	3	Lasers	—
Cryogenic Piezo Actuators for Lightweight, Large Aperture, Deployable Membrane Mirrors, Phase I	Completed	—	Mirror Systems	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
AreaAdvisor: Spatial, Real-Time Resource Intelligence, Phase I	Completed	—	Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling	Kennedy Space Center
An Autonomous Wireless Instrumentation Network for Antarctic Research, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Goddard Space Flight Center
In-Flight Microbial Monitor	Completed	6	Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors	Kennedy Space Center
Microwave Powered Gravitationally Independent Medical Grade Water Generation, Phase II	Completed	—	Remediation	Glenn Research Center
Carbon Foam Self-Heated Tooling for Out-of-Autoclave Composites Manufacturing, Phase I	Completed	—	Manufacturing Processes	Ames Research Center
Infrared and Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Molecules	Completed	—	Cryogenic/Thermal Systems	—
Radiation Target Area Sample Environmental Chamber (RTASEC), Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling	Johnson Space Center
The cryogenic evaluation of typical and experimental filament winding materials, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Marshall Space Flight Center
Shielded ADR Magnets For Space Applications, Phase II	Completed	—	Protection Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Spacecraft Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) Based on Polybenzoxazole (PBO) With Unique UV, Atomic-O and Solar Wind Protective Coatings, Phase I	Completed	—	Coatings	Ames Research Center
Cryogenic Cooling System for Zero-Venting Storage of Supercritical Air Packs, Phase I	Completed	—	In-Space Propellant Storage and Use	Kennedy Space Center
FCA Rerouting DST, Phase I	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Ames Research Center
Vehicle Interior Noise Prediction Using Energy Finite Element Analysis, Phase I	Completed	—	Vibroacoustics	Langley Research Center
Optical Navigation System, Phase I	Completed	—	Onboard Navigation Algorithms	Goddard Space Flight Center
Unified Framework for Graphical Authoring and Visual Debugging of PLEXIL, SCL and PRL Programs, Phase I	Completed	2	Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards	Ames Research Center
EGLEAN: A Modeling and Analysis Tool for Error-Tolerant Design, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Ames Research Center
Smart Skins and Tactile-Feedback Motion Control for Robotic Manipulators, Phase II	Completed	—	Dexterous Manipulation	Johnson Space Center
Lightweight and Energy Efficient Heat Pump, Phase II	Completed	—	In-Space Propellant Storage and Use	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Flexible High-Barrier Polymers for Food Packaging, Phase II	Completed	—	Flexible Material Systems	Johnson Space Center
Fast Low Power ADC with Integrated Digital Data Processor, Phase I	Completed	—	Data Acquisition Systems	Goddard Space Flight Center
Validation of a Fine Water Mist Fire Extinguisher (T0010-P) (FWM PFE)	Completed	—	Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery	—
Lightweight Auto-Inflating Self-Rigidizing Booms, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Langley Research Center
Revolutionary Wake Hazard Assessment Tool, Phase I	Completed	—	Traffic Management Concepts	Ames Research Center
Flexible Transpiration Cooled Thermal Protection System for Inflatable Atmospheric Capture and Entry Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Materials	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Multi-Element Lean Direct Injection Combustor Module, Phase I	Completed	—	Alternative Low-Carbon Jet Fuel	Glenn Research Center
Dust as a Working Fluid for Heat Transfer	Completed	2	Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation	Kennedy Space Center
Dynamic Science Data Services for Display, Analysis and Interaction in Widely-Accessible, Web-Based Geospatial Platforms, Phase II	Completed	—	Intelligent Data Understanding	Stennis Space Center
Fast Responding PSP for Rotorcraft Aerodynamic Investigations, Phase II	Completed	—	Tests, Tools, and Methods	Langley Research Center
Open System of Agile Ground Stations, Phase I	Completed	—	Training	Ames Research Center
Triaxial Swirler Liquid Injector Development, Phase II	Completed	—	Gels	Marshall Space Flight Center
A 4-Dimensional Lightning Mapper, Phase I	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
Damage Adaptation Using Integrated Structural, Propulsion, and Aerodynamic Control, Phase I	Completed	—	Fault Response	Langley Research Center
Ultra-low Noise, High Bandwidth, 1550nm HgCdTe APD, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	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.

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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.