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 92 of 422.

Title	Status	TRL	Technology area	Lead organization
Microwave-Assisted Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes and Reactive Synthesis of Nanocomposites, Phase I	Completed	—	Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines	Johnson Space Center
Powder Handling Device for X-ray Diffraction Analysis with Minimal Sample Preparation, Phase II	Completed	—	Sample Acquisition and Handling	Ames Research Center
High-Performance Carbon Nanotube-Based Composites, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Johnson Space Center
Active Control of Rotor-Lock Noise in Turbofan Engines, Phase I	Completed	—	Aeroacoustics	Glenn Research Center
A Novel Technology for Simultaneous TOC Reduction and Biofouling Prevention, Phase I	Completed	—	Water Recovery and Management	Johnson Space Center
Integral Radiators for Next Generation Thermal Control Systems, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Rejection and Storage	Johnson Space Center
Highly Efficient, Compact, Wavelength Converters for Pulsed and CW Laser Sources Used in Lidar-Based Remote Sensing and Ranging Systems, Phase II	Completed	—	Lasers	Goddard Space Flight Center
Refractory Open-Cell Foam Fuel for High-Efficiency Nuclear Space Propulsion, Phase II	Completed	—	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
Heated Thermoplastic Fiber Placement Head for NASA Langley Research Center, Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Protection Systems	Langley Research Center
Holographic Optical Element-Based Laser Diode Source, Phase I	Completed	—	Lasers	Marshall Space Flight Center
A Stable, Extreme Temperature, High Radiation, Compact. Low Power Clock Oscillator for Space, Geothermal, Down-Hole & other High Reliability Applications, Phase I	Completed	—	Space Radiation Analysis and Modeling	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube/Polyethylene Complex Composites for Space Radiation Shielding, Phase I	Completed	—	Lightweight Structural Materials	Marshall Space Flight Center
Compact Tunable High-Efficiency Entangled Photon Source, Phase I	Completed	—	Quantum Communications	Glenn Research Center
Refractory Open-Cell Foam Fuel Matrix for High-Efficiency Nuclear Space Propulsion Systems, Phase I	Completed	—	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion	Marshall Space Flight Center
Magnesium Diboride Superconducting Coils for Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerators (ADR's), Phase I	Completed	—	Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Miniature Loop Heat Pipe with Multiple Evaporators and Multiple Condensers, Phase II	Completed	—	Heat Transport	Goddard Space Flight Center
Active/Adaptive Flexible Motion Controls with Aeroservoelastic System Uncertainties	Completed	—	Aeroelasticity	Armstrong Flight Research Center
The Affordable Pre-Finishing of Silicon Carbide for Optical Applications, Phase I	Completed	—	Manufacturing Processes	Goddard Space Flight Center
Building a Rangeland Decision Support System: Linking Ranges Products with DNDC, Phase I	Completed	—	Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis	Stennis Space Center
Software Defined Common Processing System (SDCPS), Phase I	Completed	—	Logistics Management	Glenn Research Center
Microphone Array Signal Processing and Active Noise Control for the In-Helmet Speech Communication, Phase II	Completed	—	Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems	Glenn Research Center
AlInGaN-Based Superlattice Terahertz Source, Phase I	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Damage Tolerant Sandwich Composite Structures for Turbine Engine Components, Phase I	Completed	—	Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations	Glenn Research Center
Cool-Wall Vortex Combustion Chamber (CWVCC), Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Marshall Space Flight Center
Sensor Area Network for Integrated Systems Health Management, Phase I	Completed	—	Offline Element Processing	Stennis Space Center
Computational Aeroacoustics Using the Generalized Lattice Boltzmann Equation, Phase II	Completed	—	Aeroacoustics	Langley Research Center
Low Cost, Vacuum Packaging of GN&C Sensors, Phase I	Completed	—	Navigation Sensors	Goddard Space Flight Center
An Advanced Open-Source Aircraft Design Platform for Personal Air Vehicle Geometry, Aerodynamics, and Structures, Phase I	Completed	—	Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles	Langley Research Center
High Efficiency, High Mass Specific Power Two-Terminal Solar Cells, Phase I	Completed	—	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
High Performance Hybrid RANS-LES Simulation Framework for Turbulent Combusting Flows, Phase I	Completed	—	Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL	Marshall Space Flight Center
Magnetohydrodynamic-based Laboratories on a Chip for Analysis of Biomolecules, Phase I	Completed	—	Sample Handling	Ames Research Center
ZnO UV Detectors, Phase II	Completed	—	Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery	Goddard Space Flight Center
Reactive In-flight Multisensor Security System (RIMSS), Phase II	Completed	—	Range Tracking, Surveillance, and Flight Safety Technologies	Langley Research Center
Expanded Operational Temperature Range for Space Rated Li-Ion Batteries, Phase II	Completed	—	Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Avionics Based Runway Incursion Prevention, Phase II	Completed	—	Food Production, Processing, and Preservation	Langley Research Center
Very-High Efficiency, High Power Laser Diodes, Phase I	Completed	—	Lasers	Goddard Space Flight Center
Magnetometer for Calibrating Jovian Fields, Phase I	Completed	—	Field and Particle Detectors	Goddard Space Flight Center
Development of a 3D Flash LADAR Video Camera for Entry, Decent and Landing, Phase I	Completed	—	Relative Navigation Sensors	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Compact Water Electrolyzer for Low-Gravity Environments, Phase I	Completed	—	Warm Gas	Johnson Space Center
Nanostructured electrodes for Solar Power Generation, Phase I	Completed	—	Photovoltaic Electrical Power	Glenn Research Center
Cost-Effective Powder Metallurgy TiAl-Based Components For Aerospace Use, Phase I	Completed	—	Smart Materials	Langley Research Center
Ultra-Lightweight High Efficiency Nanostructured Materials and Coatings for Deep Space Mission Environments, Phase II	Completed	—	In-Space Propellant Storage and Use	Glenn Research Center
High Performance Dual Band Photodetector Arrays for MWIR/LWIR Imaging, Phase II	Completed	—	Detectors and Focal Planes	Langley Research Center
Data Filtering and Assimilation of Satellite Derived Aerosol Optical Depth, Phase I	Completed	—	Science, Engineering, and Mission Data Life Cycle	Langley Research Center
Lunar Sulfur Capture System, Phase I	Completed	—	Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation	Kennedy Space Center
In Situ Manufacturing of Plastics and Composites to Support H&R Exploration, Phase II	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials	Marshall Space Flight Center
Low-Power, Lightweight Cloud Water Content Sensor, Phase II	Completed	—	Public Cloud Supercomputers	Goddard Space Flight Center
Retroreflector Array for Test Environments (RATE), Phase I	Completed	—	Test Instruments and Sensors	Ames Research Center
New Analysis and Theory of Deployable Folded Structures, Phase I	Completed	—	Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces	Langley Research Center
Acoustic Igniter, Phase I	Completed	—	Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables	Marshall Space Flight Center

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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.