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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.

What's active and early-stage — where getting involved could matter →

21,172 projects harvested so far — page 88 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Smart Materials Technology for High Speed Adaptive Inlet/Nozzle Design, Phase I Completed — Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Cathode Material For High Energy Density Lithium-Batteries, Phase I Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
AutoCategorization for Customized Knowledge Portals, Phase I Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Low-Cost Suite of COTS GNC Sensors for Precision Lunar Lander, Phase I Completed — Atmosphere Characterization Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
New class of biological radioprotectors, Phase I Completed — Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
A GIS Software Toolkit for Monitoring Areal Snow Cover and Producing Daily Hydrologic Forecasts using NASA Satellite Imagery, Phase I Completed — Space Weather Prediction Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A Fast-Response Atmospheric Turbulence (FRAT) Probe with Gas-Sampling Ducts, Phase I Completed 6 Monitoring Technology Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Airport Configuration Prediction, Phase I Completed — Traffic Management Concepts Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Sensitivity Ethylene Sensor for Plant Health Monitoring, Phase I Completed — Environment Sensors Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Exploration Augmentation Module Project Canceled 5 Logistics Management Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Multi-Application Survivable Tether (MAST) Experiment, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A Collaborative Software Tool to Improve the Dynamic Testing Process, Phase I Completed — V&V of Software systems Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Diamonite(TM)-bonded C/C Composite for Thermal Protection of Re-entry Bodies, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Stacked Waveguide Imaging Spectrometer for Airborne and Spaceborne Applications, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Reconfigurable Environmentally Aware Computing Technology for Earth Observing Systems (7284-060), Phase I Completed — Knowledge and Model Building Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Fiber Optic Continuous Liquid Sensor for Cryogenic Propellant Gauging, Phase I Completed — Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Ultrahigh Resolution 3-Dimensional Imaging, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Non-linear Ultrasonic Bond-Strength Monitor, Phase I Completed — Nondestructive Inspection, Evaluation, and Root Cause Analysis Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
3-D Docking Sensor Algorithms, Phase II Completed — Relative Navigation Sensors Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Vital Components of a Planetary Pickup Ion Composition Spectrometer Completed 2 Field and Particle Detectors — 2025-01-27 —
Portable Water Purification System Utilizing Ambient Temperature Catalysts, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Comprehensive Atomization/Spray Module for Advanced CFD Combustion Codes, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
A Liquid Hydrogen Cooler with a Cooling Capacity of 20 Watts, Phase I Completed — In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Intelligent Medical Systems for Aerospace Emergency Medical Services, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Unique Power Dense, Configurable, Robust, High-Voltage Power Supplies, Phase I Completed — Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Thermal Protection Systems (ATPS), Aerospace Grade Carbon Bonded Carbon Fiber Material, Phase I Completed — Thermal Protection Materials Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Lightweight Passive Vaporizing Heat Sink, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Tissue-Equivalent Radiation Dosimeter-On-A-Chip, Phase II Completed — Monitoring Technology Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Optimizing Noise Attenuation in Aircraft Exhaust Ducts Employing Passive and Active Absorbing Splitters and Struts, Phase I Completed — Aeroacoustics Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Advanced Insulation Materials for Cryogenic Propellant Storage Applications, Phase II Completed — In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Hyperspectral Longwave Infrared Focal Plane Array and Camera Based on Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors, Phase I Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Lunar Soil Particle Separator, Phase I Completed — Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Regenerable Lunar Airborne Dust Filter, Phase I Completed — Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Fidelity Lunar Dust Simulant, Phase II Completed — Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Electronic Prognostics for Vehicle Health Management, Phase I Completed — Management and Control Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Engineered Multifunction Surfaces for Fluid Handling, Phase I Completed — Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Next Generation MK III Lightweight HUT/Hatch Assembly, Phase II Completed — Decompression Sickness Mitigation Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Particle Physics Transport Code for Simulation of Biological Shielding, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Elemental and Chemical State Analysis, XPS, for In-Situ Materials Analysis on Mars, Phase I Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
MMIC Cavity Oscillator at 50 and 94 GHz, Phase I Completed — Innovative RF Technologies Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Double Bag VARTM for High Temperature Composites, Phase I Completed — Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Efficient Radiation Simulation in Complex Geometries with Applications to Planetary Entry, Phase I Completed — Aerothermodynamics Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Altitude Compensating Nozzle Design Tool, Phase I Completed — Aeroelasticity Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph High Accuracy Optical Propagation, Phase II Completed — Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Energy Based Acoustic Measurement Senors, Phase I Completed — Monitoring Technology Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
SSVD Extreme Temperature Electronics for Planned Venus Missions, Phase II Completed — Space Radiation Analysis and Modeling Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Application of Advanced Electromagnetic Arrays to High Efficiency, High Bandwidth, Redundant Linear Actuators, Phase I Completed — Aeroelasticity Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Universal Smart Sensor Interface, Phase I Completed — Test Instruments and Sensors Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Ultra Wide band Water Sensor, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Thinned, Back-Illuminated UV Sensitive CMOS APS Sensor, Phase I Completed — Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Goddard Space Flight 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.