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 132 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of Cubesat Propulsion Systems | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Development of a Selectable Output Ultraviolet Laser System (SOUL) | Completed | 1 | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| FY17 IRTD Cryo Gearbox Using Bulk Metallic Glasses | Completed | 5 | Robotic Systems | Kennedy Space Center |
| Improved ultrasonic measurements of the upper stratospheric winds (SPARROW-II) | Completed | 7 | State Estimation and Monitoring | Wallops Flight Facility |
| Volatile-sensing Array for Planetary Onsite Research (VAPOR) (VAPOR) | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Miniature Release Mechanism | Completed | 4 | Docking and Berthing Mechanisms and Fixtures | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Precision Reduced Dead Volume Valve for Sample Analyzing Instrumentation | Completed | 2 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Motion Magnification as Instrumentation for Large-Scale Testing | Completed | 5 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Wallops Flight Facility HouseKeeping Card (WFFHK) | Completed | 4 | Data Acquisition Systems | Wallops Flight Facility |
| Foam Protection of Flight Hardware From Impact Loads Due To Drops | Completed | 6 | Ground Testing and Operations | Johnson Space Center |
| Fabrication optimization of high efficiency multilayer coatings for the Dorado refractive telescopes | Completed | 6 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Model-based Approaches to Distributed Systems Missions Capability Development and Demonstration (DSM-MBSE) | Completed | 6 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Coordinated Micro-sampling with Clean-Chemistry for Isotopic Analysis | Completed | 3 | Sample Handling | Johnson Space Center |
| Resource Prospector Project (RP) | Canceled | 5 | Destination Resource Exploration | Ames Research Center |
| Advanced Sensor Platform to Evaluate Manloads for Exploration Suit Architectures | Completed | 3 | Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring | Johnson Space Center |
| Characterization of the CUVIS spectrometer (CUVIS) | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Delicious Dinner or Ruined Ration? | Completed | 1 | Solar Sails | Johnson Space Center |
| Hardware-Accelerated Wavefront Sensing and Control | Completed | 3 | Low-Power Embedded Computer Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Micro Video Guidance Sensor: Versatile Relative Position Sensor for In-space and Surface Applications | Completed | 4 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Digital Information Platform (DIP) | Active | 4 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Human-Systems Integration (HSI) Methodology Development for NASA | Completed | 5 | Logistics Management | Johnson Space Center |
| Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling 3 (RENU3) | Completed | — | Environment Sensors | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus |
| Microchip-based monolithic column for high performance liquid chromatography | Completed | 2 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Phonon-Mediated Responsivity Enhancement in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| In Situ Planetary Geochronology Technology | Completed | 2 | Destination Resource Exploration | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Traffic Management Beyond Visual Line of Sight (UTM BVLOS) | Active | 6 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Flight Hardware Virtualization for On-Board Science Data Processing | Completed | 4 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Multi-Phase Methane Heat Transfer Testing/Modeling for Regenerative Cooling | Completed | 3 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Johnson Space Center |
| Completion and Testing of PACS SWIR Channel | Completed | 4 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Environmental Analysis of the Bounded Lunar Exosphere (ENABLE) | Completed | 4 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Southwest Research Institute - San Antonio |
| Hypervelocity Code to Design Light Gas Guns to Achieve 10km/s+ | Completed | 5 | Protection Systems | White Sands Test Facility |
| New Horizons in Hyperspectral Microwave Sounding from Space | Completed | 1 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| IVA Ultrasonic and Eddy Current NDE for ISS | Completed | 6 | Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors | Johnson Space Center |
| Prototype Particle Ion Experiment Ion Electron Sensor (PPIXIES) | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Crew Clothing Odor Absorbing Stowage Bag | Completed | 3 | Logistics Management | Johnson Space Center |
| Developing Microwave CubeSat Sensors for Global Ocean Wind Vectors for Eventual Use in a Constellation Providing Near-hourly Revisit | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| O2O Table Moutain Facility (O2OTMF) | Active | 6 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Frequency Diversity Technique for Space-borne Radar Doppler Measurements | Completed | 5 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Self-Supporting High Performance Multi-Layer Insulation Technology Development (SSMLI) | Completed | — | Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management | Glenn Research Center |
| Investigating Autonomous Healing of Cracks in Lightweight, Aerospace-Grade Materials Systems | Completed | 2 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Science Fridge/Freezer | Completed | 3 | Grappling Technologies | Johnson Space Center |
| Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles (PAAV) | Active | 4 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Cross Calibration Methodology for Radiometers from Radio Frequency to Near-IR via Enhanced Modeling and 3D Printed Calibration Targets (CCAL-RF2IR) | Canceled | 1 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Upgrades to navigations Capabilities for GEODYN | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Spherical Primary Optical Telescope Testbed (SPOT) | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Detection of Organics by Gas Chromatography/Gas Phase Fluorescence (GC/GPF) | Completed | 2 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Ames Research Center |
| Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (prior to FY15: Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage) | Completed | 4 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Autonomous Mission Operations (AMO) | Completed | 4 | Integrated Flight Operations Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) | Completed | 9 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Pioneering New Filters for X-ray Astrophysics | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
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