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 130 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Optically Steered Antenna Instrument for Cometary Sensing | Active | — | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | California Institute of Technology | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Mid-Infrared Rapid Advanced Chiroptical Life-detection Explorer (MIRACLE) | Active | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Colorado School of Mines | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Extending High Sensitivity Velocity Resolved Measurements of Solar System Dynamics into the EUV. Advancement of the Spatial Heterodyne EUV Interferometer (SHEUVI) | Active | — | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | University of Arizona | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Spectral Instruments for Research in Geochemistry - SInRG | Completed | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Multispectral Organic Detection and Near-Infrared Exobiology Tool (HBR) | Active | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Seismometers for Harsh Atmospheric and Kinetic Environments (SHAKE) | Active | — | Environmental Monitoring, Safety, and Emergency Response | California Institute of Technology | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Cavity-enhanced laser absorption spectroscopy for high sensitivity in-situ trace gas detection | Active | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | California Institute of Technology | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Faceted Mirror Multiband Imager | Completed | — | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Solid-State CW Deep UV Laser Source for Planetary Science Instruments | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Southwest Research Institute - San Antonio | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Submillimeter-wave Line-spectrometer for Isotopologue Measurements (SUBLIME) | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | California Institute of Technology | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Tether based communication system for the SLUSH (Search for Life Using Submersible Heated drill) Europa probe (SLUSH) | Completed | — | Surface Umbilicals and Interfaces | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Maturation and demonstration of technology to enable through deep-ice communication (CryoComm) on Europa | Completed | — | Innovative Antennas | California Institute of Technology | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Technology for Sending Signals Through the Ice on Ocean Worlds (STI Tech) | Completed | — | — | Johns Hopkins University | 2025-09-18 | — |
| Swath-Mapping Lidar for Lunar Science and Exploration | Active | — | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | NASA Headquarters | 2025-10-16 | — |
| Optical on Orion Artemis II (O2O Flight) | Active | 6 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | Medium |
| Optical Space Telescope Assembly | Completed | — | Microgravity Construction and Assembly | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Graphitic Carbon Foam Structural Cores and Multifunctional Applications | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Materials | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| A Ground Testbed to Advance US Capability in Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking | Completed | 5 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Flight and Ground Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Efficient, Resilient, Gallium Nitride-Based Cubesat-Sized Power System (GaN LVPC) | Completed | 4 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| CO2 Washout Capability with Breathing Manikin | Completed | 4 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| A feasibility study of Raman optical activity for the detection and discrimination of chiral biological compounds for planetary science instrumentation | Completed | 1 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | The University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Flight Deck of the Future: Virtual Windows and e-textile iGear | Completed | — | Human-System Performance Modeling | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Game Changing Augmented Reality Training and Assistance for Maintenance Repair | Completed | 4 | Maintainability and Supportability | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| 300 microWatt Amplifier and Coupler packaging and low power Linearity investigation enabling OST/Lynx Detector Readout - LinearAmp lowPowerOST (LAmPOST) | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Estimating picometer level low-order wavefront aberrations for ultra-stable telescopes for direct imaging of exoplanets imaging using machine learning | Completed | 1 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Avatar Robot for Crew Performance and Behavioral Health | Completed | 3 | Execution and Control | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Radiation Shield Optimizer using Genetic Algorithms | Completed | 1 | Protection Systems | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Mars Intelligent Landing System | Completed | 3 | Navigation Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-02 | — |
| High-solidity and supersonic tip speed rotor test for Mars rotorcraft | Completed | 5 | Aero Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-02 | — |
| GeoCAPE Airborne Simulator (GCAS) | Completed | 5 | Science, Engineering, and Mission Data Life Cycle | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Novel Techniques for Background / Foreground Rejection in Particle Instruments | Completed | 4 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Thermal Mapping Airborne Simulator for Small Satellite Sensor | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic/Thermal Systems | Xiomas Technologies, LLC | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Automation of Safety Analysis with SysML Models | Completed | 3 | Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Earth/Mars Landing Impact Attenuation Using Foam | Completed | 6 | Insulation and Interfaces | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Open Science Data Repository (OSDR) | Active | 9 | Collaborative Science and Engineering | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-02 | Low |
| Mars Returned Sample Handling (MRSH) | Completed | 3 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Femtosecond Laser Welding for Flight Instrument fabrication | Completed | 4 | Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Integrated Plan-Procedures-Telemetry Ops Concept and Prototype | Completed | 2 | Human Factors Engineering | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| GeoLab Sample Handling System | Completed | — | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Development of Lunar Vehicle and Payload Thermal Control Systems for Extreme Lunar Environments | Completed | — | Heating Systems | Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Attitude and Orbit Navigation Scanner for sub-Nanosat Scale Platforms | Completed | 3 | Attitude Estimation Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| LunaNet Network Layer Services | Completed | 5 | Internetworking | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Autonomous Propellant Loading Project | Completed | 5 | Propellant Production, Storage, and Transfer | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| SRI CubeSat Imaging Radar for Earth Science (SRI-CIRES) | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | — | 2025-12-02 | — |
| LCRD Payload Operations | Active | 7 | Optical Communications | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | Low |
| Development of Nested Skin Structure Approach to Increasing Aerodynamic Heating Capability of a Sounding Rocket Payload | Completed | 6 | Thermal Protection Systems | Wallops Flight Facility | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Soft X-ray Absorbers Enabling Study of the Diffuse X-ray Background | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Night Rover Challenge | Completed | 2 | Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Development of a Rugged Seismometer for Venus Surface Deployment | Completed | 1 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Arizona State University-Tempe | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Multi-Mission Multi-Messenger Observation Planning Toolkit (M4OPT) | Completed | 3 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
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