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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21,172 projects harvested so far — page 118 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Sample Transfer Testbed (MSTT) | Completed | — | Above-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Low Profile High Gain Deployable Metasurface Telecommunication Antenna for Ka Band Project | Completed | 2 | Innovative Antennas | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| CCAT Heterodyne Instrument Development (CHAI) | Completed | — | Materials for Extreme Environments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Wireless Applique for Integration and Test | Completed | 4 | Point-of-Load Power Converters | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| 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 | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Agile Science Planning: Onboard Target Selection | Completed | — | Mission Planning and Scheduling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Validation of Flight and Ground Autonomous Scheduling (VFGS) | Completed | 4 | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Networked Constellation Communications Technologies | Completed | 2 | Information Assurance | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Long-wave Infrared Detectors for the Planetary Infrared Spectrometers | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Algorithms for computing efficient, electric-propulsion, spiralling trajectories | Completed | — | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Trajectory Design and Orbit Determination | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Shore-based Path Planning for Marine Vehicles Using a Model of Ocean Currents (SBPP) | Completed | 4 | Path Planning | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Agile Science Planning: Rapid Response Re-planning | Completed | — | Mission Planning and Scheduling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Ka Band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for Interplanetary CubeSat Communications | Completed | — | Innovative Antennas | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Mini-Advanced Pointing Imaging Camera (mAPIC) | Completed | 4 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Navigation using Deep-Space Optical Communication Systems (OptComNav) | Completed | 3 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Miniature JPL Universal Instrument Bus (UNIIBUS) | Completed | 4 | Electronic Packaging and Implementations | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Developing a JPL Planetary Mass Spectrometer | Completed | 5 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Exploring and Sampling Recurring Slope Lineae and Other Extreme Terrains (RSL) | Completed | 4 | Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| A Master Catalog of Debris Disk Data and Models | Completed | — | Orbital Debris Characterization | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| 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 | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Crosscutting Spectrometer Advancement: High Throughput, Multi-Octave Imaging Spectrometer (CC-Spec) | Completed | 2 | Optical Components | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Optimized Integrated Vehicle, Operations, and Network Constellation Design (OptCon) | Completed | 3 | Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Radiometric Autonomous Navigation Fused with Optical for Deep Space Exploration | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| iPLUMES - Integrated Planetary Ultra-sensitive Molecular Emission Spectrometer (iPLUMES) | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Multi-Functional 3-D Printed Customized Luneburg Lens Antennas for Future Earth Science Applications | Completed | 1 | Structures and Antennas | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| High Temperature Superconductor Bolometers for Planetary Science (HTSBPS) | Completed | 1 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Technology for Icy Moons Seismology | Completed | 3 | Below-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Development of Planetary Protection Technologies for Special Region Missions (DPPTSRM) | Completed | 4 | Planetary Protection | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Qualified Electronics for Extreme Cold Environment (QEECE) | Completed | 4 | Launch Vehicle Propellant | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Chip-Scale Heterodyne Spectrometers for Cubesats and Small Landers | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Next Generation Active/Passive Sensors for Observing Storm-scale Processes from Space | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Towards Sub-mm Level Formation Knowledge and mm-Level Control of Distributed Spacecraft for Earth Remote Sensing Using Small Satellites | Completed | 2 | Distributed Aperture | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| A Novel, Low-Cost Conformable Lander | Completed | — | Above-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Ultra-Wideband Receiver Package For The North America Array (UWR for the NAA) | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| A Novel Drag-Free Design for a Geostationary Gravitational Wave | Completed | — | Distributed Aperture | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Combined Miniature Mass Spectrometer and Tunable Laser Spectrometer | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| CMOS SoC Waveform Generators for mm-wave Radars and Active Spectrometers (CMOS Wavegen) | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Ground-Based Nanoradian Optical Astrometry and Applications to Navigation | Completed | 3 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Low-Loss, Low-Noise, Crystalline Silicon Dielectric for Superconducting Microstrip and Kinetic Inductance Detector Capacitors | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Methane Sensing Immersion Grating Spectrometer (MSIGS) | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Cryogenic Active Mirrors (CAM) | Completed | 3 | Mirror Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Hybrid Rockets for CubeSats (HRC) | Completed | 4 | Hybrids | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Rad-Tolerant Low Power Avionics for Deep Space Small Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Low-Power Embedded Computer Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Two-Phase Thermal Control Technology for Small Spacecraft Exploration | Completed | 4 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Validation and Sensitivity Analysis of 3D Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging of the Interior of Primitive Solar System Bodies: Comets and Asteroids | Completed | — | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Two-Phase Thermal Control Technology for Small Spacecraft Exploration | Completed | 3 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| An Advanced, Compact, Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer for Planetary Systems (AUVIS) | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Low Power Reconfigurable FPGA Transponder | Completed | — | High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| High Efficiency LILT Solar Cells for Deep-Space Small Spacecraft | Completed | 2 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
| Fire Danger Assessment System (FDAS) | Completed | 8 | Science Modeling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-04-24 | — |
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