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 115 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empowering Data Management, Diagnosis, and Visualization of Cloud-Resolving Models by Cloud Library upon Spark and Hadoop | Completed | — | Semantic Technologies | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Prototyping Module for Advancement and Standardization of High Voltage Multiplier Procedure and in-house Assembly (MASHVMP) | Completed | 1 | Design and Certification Methods | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| In-situ Spectroscopic Europa Explorer (iSEE) (iSEE) | Completed | 4 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | SETI Institute |
| Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR): A Digital Beamforming Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Subsurface Imaging (SESAR) | Completed | 4 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | University of Arizona |
| Quadrupole Ion Trap - Vibrational Action Spectroscopy (QIT-VAS) for Identification of Biomolecules | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | California Institute of Technology |
| Far-Ultraviolet Guiding Fiber Optics for Increased Efficiency on Future Planetary Science Missions | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | — |
| UV/Visible Photon Counting and Imaging Silicon Detectors for Planetary Science Instruments | Completed | 3 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | California Institute of Technology |
| Micro-Sampling System for Mineralogical Instruments | Completed | 3 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | SETI Institute |
| An ultra-compact midwave hyperspectral framing camera | Completed | 2 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Nanohmics, Inc. |
| Bubble-based Ocean-worlds Organics Sample Trap (BOOST) (BOOST) | Completed | 2 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Soil Properties Assessment Resistance and Thermal Analysis (SPARTA) (SPARTA) | Completed | 1 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | California Institute of Technology |
| Small Lidar for Profiling Water Vapor and Winds from Planetary Landers | Completed | 2 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Mars In Situ Tomography System (MISTS) Development for Characterizing the Stratigraphy of Polar Layered Deposits | Completed | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | — |
| Simplified Electronics System for Mid IR Spectroscopic Lidars | Completed | 6 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Electron Spectrometer Testing and Demonstration for Rocket Altitudes of 100 to 200 km | Completed | 5 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Wideband Flight | Completed | 5 | Radio Frequency | Glenn Research Center |
| Hydrazine Measurement Safety Upgrade for the Applied Chemistry Laboratory | Completed | 4 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Kennedy Space Center |
| 3D Printed Materials Characterization for Rapid Prototyping and Plant Growth | Completed | 3 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center |
| Robot Operating System 2 Tools for Research and Development (ROSTRD) | Completed | 5 | Robot Software | Kennedy Space Center |
| Autonomous Measurement Readout of Multiple, Non-instrumented, Analog Gauges Using Artificial Intelligence | Completed | 3 | Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems | Kennedy Space Center |
| Distributed Transition Edge Sensor Arrays with Kinetic Inductance Readout | Completed | 1 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Microfluidic Chemical Analyzer for the Planned Europa Flyby Mission or a Potential Europa Lander | Completed | 5 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Fast Optimal Motion Planning (FMP) | Completed | 4 | Path Planning | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Networked Constellation Communications Technologies | Completed | 4 | Maintainability and Supportability | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Demonstration of Submillimeter Astrophysics Technology at Caltech Submillimeter Observatory | Completed | — | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Amorphous Metal Composites for use in Long-Life, Low-Temperature Gearboxes | Completed | — | Materials for Extreme Environments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Development of a 10 Micron Laser Frequency Comb and Broadband Heterodyne Receiver (THERM) | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Enhanced Barrier Infrared Detector and Focal Plane Array Development | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Portable Quantitative Ultrasound with DXA/QCT and FEA Integration for Human Longitudinal Critical Bone Quality Assessment | Completed | 6 | Long-Duration Health | National Space Biomedical Research Institute |
| Multifunctional Electronics Core Substrate Configurable Electronics Functionality with Stacked Silicon and Multi-Chip Modules (MECSC) | Completed | 3 | Electronics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Mars Sample Transfer Testbed (MSTT) | Completed | — | Above-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Low Profile High Gain Deployable Metasurface Telecommunication Antenna for Ka Band Project | Completed | 2 | Innovative Antennas | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| CCAT Heterodyne Instrument Development (CHAI) | Completed | — | Materials for Extreme Environments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Wireless Applique for Integration and Test | Completed | 4 | Point-of-Load Power Converters | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| A millimeter/submillimeter heterodyne sensor for spectroscopy and imaging of cold planetary objects in the outer solar system | Completed | 1 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Agile Science Planning: Onboard Target Selection | Completed | — | Mission Planning and Scheduling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Validation of Flight and Ground Autonomous Scheduling (VFGS) | Completed | 4 | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Networked Constellation Communications Technologies | Completed | 2 | Information Assurance | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Long-wave Infrared Detectors for the Planetary Infrared Spectrometers | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Algorithms for computing efficient, electric-propulsion, spiralling trajectories | Completed | — | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Trajectory Design and Orbit Determination | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Shore-based Path Planning for Marine Vehicles Using a Model of Ocean Currents (SBPP) | Completed | 4 | Path Planning | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Agile Science Planning: Rapid Response Re-planning | Completed | — | Mission Planning and Scheduling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Ka Band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for Interplanetary CubeSat Communications | Completed | — | Innovative Antennas | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Mini-Advanced Pointing Imaging Camera (mAPIC) | Completed | 4 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Navigation using Deep-Space Optical Communication Systems (OptComNav) | Completed | 3 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Miniature JPL Universal Instrument Bus (UNIIBUS) | Completed | 4 | Electronic Packaging and Implementations | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Developing a JPL Planetary Mass Spectrometer | Completed | 5 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Exploring and Sampling Recurring Slope Lineae and Other Extreme Terrains (RSL) | Completed | 4 | Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| A Master Catalog of Debris Disk Data and Models | Completed | — | Orbital Debris Characterization | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Spatial Power Combining Amplifier for W-Band Radar for Earth and Planetary Science (SPCA) | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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