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 137 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Communications and Navigation Testbed (SCaN Testbed) | Completed | 8 | Reliability and Sustainment | Glenn Research Center |
| Long-Path OH Absorption Measurement | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Graphene based Photonics Devices for Remote Sensing Applications Project | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification (MICS) | Completed | 3 | Special Materials | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus |
| Cubesat Compatible Digital Back-End and Low-Noise Front-End for P-band Signals of Opportunity Remote Sensing | Completed | 4 | Electronics | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Ultra-high Efficiency Noiseless Quantum Sensors for HWO and QIS | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) from Space | Completed | 6 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Secure and Safe Assured Autonomy (S2A2) | Completed | 3 | Safe All-Vehicle Access | North Carolina A & T State University |
| Environmentally stable ultraviolet broadband coatings for improved astronomical instrumentation | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Digital Array Gas filter Radiometer Passive Methane Sensing Instrument (DAGR) | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Terabyte Infrared Delivery 200Gb/sec Laser Communications System for LEO Direct-to-Earth Missions (TBIRD) | Completed | 5 | Optimetrics | NASA Headquarters |
| Thermally Stable Nanocrystalline Nickel Alloys by Powder Metallurgy | Completed | 1 | Smart Materials | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Development of Improved Combustor Scaling Laws for Dual-Mode Ramjets (AAVP33) | Active | 3 | Ramjet/Scramjet | Langley Research Center |
| Ion Mass Spectrometers for GIRAFF Sounding Rocket Opportunity (IVMS) | Completed | 5 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) | Completed | 7 | Disruption Tolerant Networking | Johnson Space Center |
| High Pressure Transcritical Combustion (HPTC Combustion) | Completed | 2 | Aero Propulsion | Glenn Research Center |
| ILLUMA-T On-Orbit | Completed | 8 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| An Advanced Optical Navigation Camera for Autonomous Navigation, Guidance, and Control | Completed | 3 | Navigation Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Miniaturized UHF radio for direct-to-orbit comm | Completed | 4 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Common Habitat for Long Duration Transit and Surface Operations | Completed | 2 | Human-System Performance Modeling | Johnson Space Center |
| Development of a modeling technology to use heliophysics data in GEOS (MLT-GEOS) | Completed | 3 | Science Modeling | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| SmallSat Common Electronics Board (SCEB) | Completed | 5 | Other Flight Computing and Avionics | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| MWIR Linear Variable Filter for Planetary Hyperspectral Imaging | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Bigelow Expandable Activity Module Project (BEAM) | Completed | 9 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Johnson Space Center |
| Improved UHF capabilities using medium gain antennas | Completed | 3 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Maturation of Thermal InfraRed (IR) and Submillimeter-Wave (Submm) Polarimetry for Ice Cloud Remote Sensing | Completed | 4 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Lunar Dust level Sensor and Effects on Surfaces (LDES) | Active | 6 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center |
| Shape Memory Alloy Material Maturation (SMA) | Active | 2 | Surface Mobility | Glenn Research Center |
| Subscale Magnetic Nozzle For Fusion Propulsion Plasma Deflection | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| TM Monitor and Control System (TMACS) | Completed | 1 | Mission Operations and Safety | Wallops Flight Facility |
| Automated Manufacturing Development of MERINO-LD (MERINO-LD) | Completed | 4 | Entry, Descent, and Landing | Ames Research Center |
| Development of absolute radiometric response functions for HyPlant & G-LiHT using SIRCUS: Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal (G-LiHT) | Completed | 9 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Nanotechnology for Advanced Imaging and Detectors | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Safe, Low-Noise Operation of UAM in Urban Canyons via Integration of Gust Outcomes and Trim Optimization | Completed | 2 | Aeroacoustics | Boston University |
| Environmentally Adaptive Framework for Resilient AI-enabled Edge Computing for Space Applications with the Xilinx Deep Learning Processing Unit (SpaceCube VESPR DPU) | Completed | 2 | Knowledge and Model Building | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| High-Reliability cubesat/smallsat bus | Completed | 4 | Innovative RF Technologies | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Focal-plane wavefront control for high-contrast imaging using algorithmic differentiation | Completed | 2 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| In-Situ Resource Utilization: Water Extraction from Regolith (ISRU) | Completed | 2 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Glenn Research Center |
| Metrology for Freeform Optics (MFO) | Completed | 5 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) | Active | — | Flight Vehicle Systems | NASA Headquarters |
| Parts Selection and Testing for Risk Tolerant Missions | Completed | 5 | Ground and Surface Logistics | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 3D Printed Electronics Antenna for Balloon Test Flight | Completed | 4 | Innovative Antennas | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Integrated Navigation Testbed | Completed | 2 | GN&C Ground Testbeds and Test Facilities | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| UAS Traffic Management (UTM) | Completed | 4 | Safe All-Vehicle Access | Ames Research Center |
| Modulated X-ray Sources for Cal X-1 | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Develop and Implement Operational Ground Testing Protocols to Individualize Astronaut Sleep Medication Efficacy and Individual Effects | Completed | 6 | Behavioral Health and Performance | Johnson Space Center |
| Additively Manufactured Titanium Solid Rocket Motor Cases | Completed | 3 | High-Performance Memories | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Solid-state Architecture Batteries for Enhanced Rechargability and Safety (SABERS) | Completed | 3 | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Glenn Research Center |
| Fourier Transform Spectrometer | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Surface pressure radar technology development | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
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