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 117 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towards High-Precision Navigation and Science Investigations with Deep-Space Optical Transceivers (ADOT) | Completed | 4 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Electrochemical Sensors for Understanding Icy Worlds | Completed | 3 | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Titan Lake Simulation Chamber | Completed | 4 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Multifunctional Thermo-Structural Elements for Small Spacecraft via Additive Manufacturing (MFTS) | Completed | 3 | Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| NextGen Optical Clock | Completed | 3 | Timekeeping and Time Distribution | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Adaptive EMI Mitigation for Enhanced Spacecraft Telecom (Adaptive EMI Mitigation) | Completed | 2 | Electromagnetic Environment Effects | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Space Storable Hybrid Rockets for Orbit Insertion or In Situ Resource Utilization Applications | Completed | — | Hybrids | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Self-Reliant Rovers for Increased Mission Productivity (SRR) | Completed | 4 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Radio Science and Astronomy via the Universal Space Transponder | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| An Integrated Technology Approach for Low-Cost Landers | Completed | — | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| A Gravitational Wave Pulsar Timing Backend for DSN Telescopes | Completed | — | Design and Certification Methods | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| AutoNAV Across the Solar System (AASS) | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Advanced Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction for Softgoods in Supersonic Flow | Completed | 2 | Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Multiwavelength Digital Holography for Spectral Discrimination of Bacteria and Minerals | Completed | 3 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| A simple, robust Zernike phase-contrast wavefront sensor | Completed | — | TPS Instrumentation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Hidden Effects of Extreme Environments on Space Microelectronics (HEESM) | Completed | 1 | Space Radiation Analysis and Modeling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Demonstration of Interferometric SAR Onboard Processing for Planetary Mapping Missions | Completed | — | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Radar Sounding and Propagation through Heterogeneous Media | Completed | 4 | Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Wireless Applique for Integration and Test | Completed | 2 | Quantum Communications | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| System Level Autonomy to Enable Autonomous Mapping Missions of Small Solar System Bodies | Completed | 3 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Implementation of a Solid State Amplifier Module for One Megawatt Solid State Solar System Radar | Completed | 4 | Power Efficiency | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Small, Capable, Readily-Replicable Payloads for Remote Sensing of Volatiles | Completed | 2 | Destination Resource Exploration | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Tying the Optical and Radio Celestial Reference Frames to Enable Seamless Navigation | Completed | 5 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Venus Safe Landing Technology | Completed | 4 | Touchdown Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Palomar Habitable Zone Planet Finder (PARVI) | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Submillimeter-Wave Spectrometer for Small Satellites (SSSS) | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Advanced photon detectors using superconducting MgB2 films | Completed | — | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| mm-Wave Near Field Periodic Couplers For Future Module Interconnects (NFPC) | Completed | 3 | High-Performance Processors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Ultra-Lightweight Optical Quality Deployable Mirrors | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Underwater Mobile Manipulation (UMM) | Completed | 4 | Dexterous Manipulation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Advanced Low Temperature Thermoelectric Materials for Cryogenic Power Generation (CryoTE) | Completed | — | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Micro-Rapid Prototyping | Completed | — | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Microgreens Root Zone/Shoot Zone Partitioned Planting Box | Completed | 5 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center |
| Advanced Spectrometer for Stable, Low ppb Hypergol Detection | Completed | 2 | Environment Sensors | Kennedy Space Center |
| Combined Cycle Mode Transition (AAVP21) | Completed | 3 | Turbine-Based Combined Cycle | Glenn Research Center |
| The Mobility Coordinator: An onboard COTS software architecture for sustainable, safe, efficient, and effective lunar surface mobility operations | Completed | — | Reasoning and Acting Technologies | Protoinnovations, LLC |
| Multi Look-Direction Magnetic Electron Spectrometer for Auroral Studies (APES-360) | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Development of Advanced Pixelated Si Sensors for the Next Generation of X-ray Observatories | Completed | — | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution (STORIE) | Completed | — | Sensors and Instruments | NASA Headquarters |
| Doubling the Operating Temperature of High Efficiency UV Superconducting Nanowire Detectors | Completed | — | Detectors and Focal Planes | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Sun Coronal Ejection Tracker (SunCET) | Completed | — | Sensors and Instruments | University of Colorado Boulder |
| A Compact Ion Mass Spectrometer (CIMS) for Ionospheric Outflow and Cold Magnetospheric Plasma Measurements (CIMS) | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC |
| Enabling Technologies for Gamma-ray Astrophysics: Advancing the Technical Readiness Level of the AstroPix Silicon Pixel Detectors | Completed | — | Other Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Measuring Plasma Parameters and Waves in The Ionosphere of Earth | Completed | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | University of Arizona |
| Black and diffuse aurora science surveyor | Completed | — | Sensors and Instruments | NASA Headquarters |
| The Swift Solar Activity X-ray Imager Instrument for the Hi-C Flare Campaign (SSAXI) | Completed | — | Sensors and Instruments | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| Testbed for scientific CMOS Study and Development | Completed | — | Other Sensors and Instruments | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| DYNamics Atmosphere GLObal-Connection (DYNAGLO) | Completed | — | Sensors and Instruments | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Debris and meteoroid ENvironment Sensor: Instrument Technology Development (DENTS) | Completed | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Miniaturized Charging Mitigation Shell Instrument for Magnetospheric Cold Plasma Sensors | Completed | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | The Aerospace Corporation |
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