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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 89 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Sublimation-based water reclamation and purification from solids, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Aerodynamic Efficiency Enhancements for Air Vehicles, Phase I Completed — Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
High Thermal - Stability Reaction Bonded SiC CMCs, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Sensors for Hypersonic Flows (7274-050), Phase I Completed — Hypersonic Decelerators Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Virtual Collaborative Training and Operations Simulation System, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
High Efficency Lightweight Radiators, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
In-Space Manufacturing Portfolio (ISM) Completed 5 Manufacturing Processes Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Black Sprayable Molecular Adsorber Coating Project Completed 3 Coatings Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
InGaP HBT Lift-Off for High Efficiency L-band T/R Module, Phase I Completed 2 Power Efficiency Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
A WiMAX Networked UAV Telemetry System for Net-Centric Remote Sensing and Range Surveillance, Phase I Completed — Range Tracking, Surveillance, and Flight Safety Technologies Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Syntactic Titanium Foam Propellant tank, Phase II Completed — Electrothermal Propulsion Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Zero Boil Off System for Cryogen Storage, Phase I Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Miniature X-ray Source for Planetary Exploration Instruments, Phase II Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Scalable Lunar Surface Networks and Adaptive Orbit Access, Phase I Completed 3 Adaptive Network Topology Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Improved High-Rejection Filters and MEMS-Enabled Smart Reconfigurable Antennas, Phase I Completed — Innovative Antennas Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Range Scalar Helium Magnetometer (HSHM), Phase I Completed — Field and Particle Detectors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Multi-Mission MicroSDR, Phase I Completed — High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Titanium Loop Heat Pipes for Space Nuclear Radiators, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Wide Temperature Range DC-DC Boost Converters for Command/Control/Drive Electronics, Phase I Completed — Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
An Automated Evaluation and Critiquing Aid for User Interface Design, Phase I Completed — Human Factors Engineering Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Global Natural Earth Visualization for Image2000 Platform, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
High-Performance Data Analysis Tools for Sun-Earth Connection Missions, Phase I Completed — High-Performance Data Analytics Platform Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Surface Enhanced Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes for Near-IR Detection, Phase I Completed — Static Energy Conversion Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
The Cyogenic Evaluation of Irradiated Composite Materials for Use in Composite Pressure Vessels, Phase II Completed — Lightweight Structural Materials Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Absolute Calibration of the FIRST Instrument Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes NASA Headquarters 2025-01-27 —
Reconfigurable Task Processor, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Distributed Flight Controls for UAVs, Phase II Completed — Aeroelasticity Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Multidisciplinary Optimization Object Library, Phase I Completed — Automated Exascale Software Development Toolset Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
MSDT - A Central Executive to Coordinate Rapid Mission and Spacecraft Design, Phase I Completed — Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Carbon Monoxide Silicate Reduction System, Phase II Completed — Atmosphere Revitalization Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
A Very Low Power, Highly Integrated Multichannel Scaler, Phase II Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
An Object Configuration Similarity Approach to Georegistration, Phase I Completed — Range Tracking, Surveillance, and Flight Safety Technologies Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Static Detection of Bugs in Embedded Software Using Lightweight Verification, Phase II Completed — V&V of Software systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Multi-Objective Analysis for Jointly Reducing Noise and Emissions via ATM/Aircraft Systems, Phase I Completed — Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Ordered Ultrathin Films based on Conducting Polymers for Gas Sensors, Phase I Completed — Measurement and Control Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Software Defined RF Transceiver for Wireless Sensor Network, Phase I Completed — Data Acquisition Systems Stennis Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Highly Effective Thermoelectric Coolers, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Ultra-Lightweight Cryogenic Active Mirror Technology, Phase I Completed — Mirror Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Photonic Sensor for Nondestructive Testing of Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels, Phase I Completed 4 TPS Instrumentation Kennedy Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Oxidation Resistant CMC Materials Technology for Lightweight and Environmentally Durable Propulsion Components, Phase I Completed — Thermal Protection Materials Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
A Safe, Legal, and Autonomous See-and-Avoid System for UAVs, Phase I Completed — Execution and Control Armstrong Flight Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Multi-Stage Pulse-Tube Cryocoolers for Sensor and Electronics Applications, Phase II Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Integrated Wavefront Control, Phase I Completed — Mirror Systems Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2025-01-27 —
Multifunctional Metal/Polymer Composite Fiber for Space Applications, Phase I Completed — Thermal Protection Systems Langley Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Distributed Leak Detection System Using Structure-Borne Noise, Phase I Completed — Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Johnson Space Center 2025-01-27 —
Mini-Cell Ion Mobility Spectrometer for In Situ Chemical Analysis, Phase I Completed — Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment Ames Research Center 2025-01-27 —
A Novel, Ultra-Light, Heat Rejection System for Nuclear Power Generation, Phase I Completed — Heat Rejection and Storage Glenn Research Center 2025-01-27 —
Integrated Data Encoder for High Data Rate Ka-band Modulator Completed 2 Innovative RF Technologies Goddard Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Multilayer Fiber Interfaces for Improved Environmental Resistance and Slip, Phase I Completed — Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Marshall Space Flight Center 2025-01-27 —
Lightweight Magnetic Cooler with a Reversible Circulator, Phase I Completed — Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors 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.