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 144 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpaceCraft Oxygen Recovery (SCOR) | Completed | 5 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) | Completed | 5 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Electronically Controllable Metasurface Omnidirectional and Multiple Access Optical Antennas for Free-Space Near-Earth Satellite Communication | Completed | 4 | Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies | California Institute of Technology |
| High Precision Relative Position Sensing System for Formation Flying Spacecraft, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Navigation Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Ultra High Density Fuel Cells | Completed | 5 | Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells | Glenn Research Center |
| Flexible Hybrid Battery/Pseudocapacitor using Carbon Nanotube Electrodes, Year 2 | Completed | 6 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Novel Application of Fluidic Structures for Structures & Thermal Management | Completed | 3 | Materials | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Enhanced Pulsed Electro-Acoustic Analysis | Canceled | — | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Glenn Research Center |
| Hypersonic Test Capability Demonstration with PS-PVD | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Components and Systems | Glenn Research Center |
| Anti-Microbial and Self-Cleaning Properties of Photocatalytic Surface Treatments and their Potential Use for Space-Based Applications, Year 1 | Completed | 7 | Planetary Protection | Stennis Space Center |
| Supersonic Retropropulsion Ignition in a Martian Environment | Completed | 4 | Supersonic Retropropulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Turbo-Electric Distributed Propulsion Test Stand | Completed | 3 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Acoustic Diagnostics of Turbofan Health Monitoring Element, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Multi-function OML Variation for Vehicle Control | Completed | 3 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Simulation of Neutron Spectra for Lunar Prospecting, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Destination Resource Exploration | Glenn Research Center |
| Energy Harvesting to Power a Compact Plasma Actuator for Aerospace and Laboratory Applications, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | — | Glenn Research Center |
| Measurement and Optimization of a Rotating Magnetic Field-Driven Thruster | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Development of pervaporation membranes and integration into system design for space flight wastewater management | Completed | 3 | Water Recovery and Management | Arizona State University-Tempe |
| Thermal Vibration Test System | Completed | 4 | Ground, Test, and Surface Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| GenSens: Genetically Engineered Cellular Sensors for Biological Effects of Spaceflight | Completed | 4 | Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling | Ames Research Center |
| Analytical Assessment of Analog Electronics for Extreme Cold Lunar Applications | Completed | 3 | Power Management and Distribution | Glenn Research Center |
| Quantum Computing to Accelerate High Fidelity Computational Materials Modeling | Completed | — | Modeling | Ames Research Center |
| Lunar Surface Navigation | Completed | 4 | Robotic Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Effect of the Mars Environment on Spacecraft Materials | Completed | 1 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Kennedy Space Center |
| Optimal Impulsive Control of Spacecraft Relative Motion | Completed | 3 | Dynamics Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools | Stanford University |
| Fully Adaptive Atmospheric Sensor on 6U Platform | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Ohio State University-Main Campus |
| High Frequency Silicon-Germanium MMIC Development for Next Generation Space-based Radars | Completed | 3 | Electronics | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Orion Backshell Radiometer | Completed | 3 | — | Ames Research Center |
| Design and Analysis of a West Area Microgrid | Completed | 3 | Power Management and Distribution | Glenn Research Center |
| ASPIRE: Advanced Solid Propulsion Integrated Runtime Environment | Completed | 3 | Chemical Space Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Many-Qubit Arrays for Analog and Digital-Analog Quantum Simulation | Completed | 3 | Special Materials | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Active Full-Shell X-Ray Optics, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| A Low Power, Solid State, Method of Oxygen Supply | Completed | 3 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| Design and Analysis of a Slitless X-ray Spectrograph using Focusing Critical-Angle Transmission Gratings | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Compact Drive System for Planetary Rovers and Space Manipulators | Completed | 3 | Dexterous Manipulation | Northeastern University |
| Development of Alternative Critical Cleaning Method for Planetary Instrument Surfaces and Joined Surfaces | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Validated Thermal-Material Simulation to Predict Microstructure Evolution in Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing of Nickel Alloys | Completed | 4 | Computational Materials | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Room Temperature, Single-Photon Detection by Quantum Injection Locking | Completed | 3 | Revolutionary Communications Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Miniaturized, low temperature, ultrasound liquid extraction system for space exploration | Completed | 5 | — | Ames Research Center |
| 3D printed Electroluminescent Light Panels - FY18 | Completed | 4 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Material Characterization while Drilling on Lunar/Martian Surface | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Colorado School of Mines |
| Optimal Trajectory Design for Innovative Low-thrust Spacecraft Missions | Completed | 3 | Dynamics Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ISRU-Based Robotic Construction Technologies for Lunar and Martian Infrastructures | Completed | 2 | Surface Construction and Assembly | University of Southern California |
| Hybrid integration of nonlinear crystals on silicon photonics for space communication and sensing | Completed | 3 | Electronics | University of Delaware |
| Improving Habitability, Mood & Diet through Bioregenerative Food Systems | Completed | 3 | Habitation Systems | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Mars Electric Reusable Flyer, Year 3 | Completed | 4 | Above-Surface Mobility | Langley Research Center |
| Damped Cubesat | Completed | 3 | Structural Dynamics | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Onboard Adaptive Safe Site Identification System, Year 3 (OASSIS) | Completed | 4 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johnson Space Center |
| Lightweight Surface Manipulation System (LSMS) | Canceled | 5 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Langley Research Center |
| Dynamically Stable Large Space Structures via Architected Metamaterials | Completed | — | — | Ames Research Center |
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