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 134 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Vision Automation for Ground Control Tele-Robotics | Completed | 5 | Execution and Control | Johnson Space Center |
| X-57 Sub-Project (X-57) | Completed | 3 | All-Electric Propulsion | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Lunar Heat Flow Radiometer | Completed | 4 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Planetary Science Institute |
| Securing High-Density Urban Airspaces | Active | 2 | Software Cyber Security | George Washington University |
| Kerogen And Macromolecule Extractor Liberating Organics Thermolytically (KAMELOT) | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Ames Research Center |
| Ka Steerable Terminal for Lunar Environment (KaSTLE) | Active | 5 | Radio Frequency | Glenn Research Center |
| Removing Mid-Spatial Frequency (MSF) Errors Using Stress-Polishing | Completed | 3 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Inside-Out Manufacturing of Composite Structures | Completed | 3 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Johnson Space Center |
| Composites for Exploration (CoEx) | Completed | 5 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Langley Research Center |
| Exploration Technology Development including Surface Acoustic Wave RFID chips | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Johnson Space Center |
| Novel Low-Impact Integration of a Microwave Radiometer into Cloud Radar System | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Advancing Miniature Lightweight X-ray Optics for Solar System Exploration | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Smithsonian Institution |
| Air-to-Air UAV Aerial Refueling | Completed | 4 | Flight Mechanics Testing and Flight Operations | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Q-switched non-planar ring oscillator laser for planetary lidars | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| NIR Detector Signal Chain Development | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Human-Systems Integration Processes (HSIP) | Completed | — | Human Factors Engineering | Johnson Space Center |
| Simulated Variable Inertia for Exercise Equipment | Completed | 4 | Decompression Sickness Mitigation | Johnson Space Center |
| Compact optical frequency standard for earth-observing platform | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Laser Source for Atomic Gravity Wave Detector Project | Completed | 2 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Low-background test capabilities for mm-wave to mid-IR astrophysics missions | Completed | 5 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| High Data Rate C-band Telemetry System for Suborbital platforms | Completed | 4 | Radio Frequency | Wallops Flight Facility |
| A Compact Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope (CREPT) to Investigate Magnetospheric Electron Microbursts | Completed | 9 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 3D Printing Complex Unitized Instrument Optical Benches and Metering Structures | Completed | 3 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Dual –frequency Cloud Radar (DCR) System for EV-3 Missions and Beyond | Completed | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Hybrid Lithium-ion Capacitor / Lithium-ion Battery System for Extended Performance | Completed | 5 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Johnson Space Center |
| Habitat Particle Impact Monitoring System | Completed | 3 | Shock and Impact | Johnson Space Center |
| Testbed Verification of the First Generation Parabolic Deformable Mirror | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Coupled Aeroheating and Ablative Thermal Response Simulation Tool | Completed | 5 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Johnson Space Center |
| GIS Technology: Resource and Habitability Assessment Tool | Completed | 4 | Destination Resource Exploration | Johnson Space Center |
| Deep Atmosphere Microwave Radiometer for Ice-Giant Exploration | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Southwest Research Institute - San Antonio |
| Implementation of Diagnostic Model for Integrated System Health Monitoring of a Habitat Instrumentation System | Completed | 3 | Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis | Johnson Space Center |
| Integrated Green Propulsion Reaction Control System Module for Spacecraft and Small Launch Vehicle Applications | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Using Ion Implantation to Fine-tune the Figure of Extremely Lightweight Mirrors | Completed | 2 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Study of LED Lighting to Replace Fluorescent Tubes | Completed | 6 | Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation | Johnson Space Center |
| Landing Gear Noise Reduction Sub-Project (LGNR) | Completed | 6 | Aeroacoustics | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Cognitive Communications | Completed | 4 | Cognitive Networking | Glenn Research Center |
| Paper-based Biosensor for Rapid Colorimetric Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria | Completed | 3 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johnson Space Center |
| Sensor-based Prognostics to Avoid Runaway Reactions and Catastrophic Ignition (SPARRCI) | Completed | 3 | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Glenn Research Center |
| Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) | Active | — | Flight Vehicle Systems | NASA Headquarters |
| Rapid Development of Guidance, Navigation, and Control Core Flight System Software Applications Using Simulink Models | Completed | 3 | GN&C System Architectures, Requirements, and Specifications | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Lunar Surface Propagation | Active | 5 | Atmospheric Characterization and Mitigation | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Extended Robust Aerial Autonomy (ERA) | Completed | 5 | Robotic Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Extensible Traffic Management (xTM) in the NAS | Active | 4 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Strategic Planning and Deconfliction | Active | 4 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center |
| COronal Diagnostic EXperiment (CODEX) | Completed | 9 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Achieving More with Less: Improved Surface Mobility Performance | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| The beam evolution and transverse mode instability in Very Large Mode Area Er:doped fiber amplifier-step2 | Completed | 2 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| UST-Lite Mars relay radio technology development | Completed | 4 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Step-2 Proposal for Proof of Concept Toward a High-Resolution X-ray Imager using Fourier Transform Spectrometry (XFTS) | Completed | 1 | Distributed Aperture | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Global composition of Mars at 6-meter scale | Completed | 4 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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