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 135 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypervelocity Code to Design Light Gas Guns to Achieve 10km/s+ | Completed | 5 | Protection Systems | White Sands Test Facility | 2025-12-02 | — |
| New Horizons in Hyperspectral Microwave Sounding from Space | Completed | 1 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| IVA Ultrasonic and Eddy Current NDE for ISS | Completed | 6 | Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Prototype Particle Ion Experiment Ion Electron Sensor (PPIXIES) | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Crew Clothing Odor Absorbing Stowage Bag | Completed | 3 | Logistics Management | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| 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 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| O2O Table Moutain Facility (O2OTMF) | Active | 6 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-02 | Medium |
| Frequency Diversity Technique for Space-borne Radar Doppler Measurements | Completed | 5 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Self-Supporting High Performance Multi-Layer Insulation Technology Development (SSMLI) | Completed | — | Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Investigating Autonomous Healing of Cracks in Lightweight, Aerospace-Grade Materials Systems | Completed | 2 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Science Fridge/Freezer | Completed | 3 | Grappling Technologies | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles (PAAV) | Active | 4 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-02 | Medium |
| 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 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Upgrades to navigations Capabilities for GEODYN | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Spherical Primary Optical Telescope Testbed (SPOT) | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Detection of Organics by Gas Chromatography/Gas Phase Fluorescence (GC/GPF) | Completed | 2 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (prior to FY15: Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage) | Completed | 4 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Autonomous Mission Operations (AMO) | Completed | 4 | Integrated Flight Operations Systems | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) | Completed | 9 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Pioneering New Filters for X-ray Astrophysics | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Wide Field-of-View (FOV) Soft X-Ray Imager | Completed | 7 | Decompression Sickness Mitigation | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Enterprise Level Status and Control of Multi-Satellite Operations | Completed | 4 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Systems and Science Studies for Millimeter- and Submillimeter-wave Earth Venture Missions | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Cold Atom Lab (CAL) | Completed | 7 | Other Sensors and Instruments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Robust Autonomy for Planetary Sampling | Completed | 4 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Atmosphere Science Probe design Maturation for Uranus and Saturn In Situ Missions | Completed | 5 | Entry, Descent, and Landing | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Rapid Optical Characterization Suite for in situ Target Analysis of Rock Surfaces (ROCSTAR) | Completed | 3 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Quasi-Resonant Absorption for Quantum Efficiency Improvement in Detectors | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Terrain Modeling and Landmark Navigation with Radiance Fields | Completed | 2 | Sensing and Perception | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Distributed Spacecraft Mission Consensus | Completed | 3 | Joint Knowledge and Understanding | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| High Precision Relative Position Sensing System for Formation Flying Spacecraft | Completed | 4 | GN&C | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) | Completed | 8 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Deployable Entry-system Project (ADEPT) | Completed | 5 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Dynamic Inertia Measurement Method (DIM) | Completed | 5 | Launch Vehicle Propellant | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Precision High Altitude Star Tracker (PHAST) | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| LIBS Testing in a Venus Environment | Completed | 4 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Optimizing Electrodynamics Sensor Properties for High-AO Fluence Environment | Completed | — | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Real Time Optical Receiver | Completed | 5 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Nanotechnology (NT): Carbon Nanotube Structural Materials | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Low-Cost Optical Terminal (LCOT) | Completed | 5 | Optical Communications | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Use of COTS Infrared Camera Arrays for Enhanced Human in the Loop Data Collection | Completed | — | Intelligent Data Understanding | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Resin Infusion Rigidized Inflatable Concept Development and Demonstration | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Bi-Static Active Microwave Remote Sensing of Reflected Signals-of-Opportunity | Completed | 4 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Using Heliospheric Imager Data to Improve Space Weather Forecasting | Completed | — | Space Weather Prediction | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Aerial Object Trajectory Classification | Completed | 4 | Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Dry Electrode Harness System For Wireless 12-LEAD ECG | Completed | 6 | High-Performance Processors | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Distributed Sensing Avionics Suite Data from Low Altitude Flights at NASA Ames Research Center | Completed | 3 | Autonomous Systems | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| FY18 IRTD Developing a Closed-loop, Bioregenerative Water Purification System for Future Planetary Habitats (Zero-G Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor) (ZA-AnMBR) | Completed | 3 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
| High-Resolution UV Detectors for Large Focal Plane Instruments | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | — | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Development of higher fidelity atmospheric models | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-02 | — |
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