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 150 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanostructures for Advanced Imaging and Detector Devices, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| A Multiscale Approach to Magnesium Intercalation Batteries: Safer, Lighter, and Longer-Lasting | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Texas A & M University-College Station |
| Trichloride Ionic Liquid Mediated Metal Extraction from Regolith | Completed | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Laboratory Demonstration and Test of Solar Thermal Asteroid ISRU | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| MitoMars: Targeted Mitochondria Replacement Therapy to Boost Deep Space Endurance | Completed | — | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Aerosciences (AEROS) | Completed | 6 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center |
| Electrodynamic Dust Shield Coating Pattern for Solar Cells | Completed | — | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Kennedy Space Center |
| Mars Magnetoshell Decelerator EDL-SA study | Completed | 2 | Hypersonic Decelerators | Langley Research Center |
| Explainable and Scalable Planning with Probabilistic Temporal Logic Specifications | Completed | 4 | Mission Planning and Scheduling | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Terrestrial HIAD Orbital Reentry (THOR) | Canceled | 4 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Langley Research Center |
| Exploring the Feasibility of Additive Manufacturing (AM) for Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Characterization of Printed Components Under Space Conditions | Completed | 3 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
| Plasmonic Enhanced Graphene Long-Wavelength Photodetector for Earth Radiation Budget Instruments | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Langley Research Center |
| Implementing a Near-Optimal Optical Receiver for Inter-Planetary Communication | Completed | 3 | Detector Development | Northwestern University |
| Feature Tracking and Dynamic Measurement for Novel Science | Completed | 3 | Situational and Self-Awareness Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Design of metastable high entropy alloys for additive manufacturing | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Cornell University |
| Advanced coatings for robust; reusable; and low-cost thermal protection systems (TPS) | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Systems | Johnson Space Center |
| Acidic Aerosol Separator Apparatus (ASA) For Venus Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (VAMS), Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Sample Handling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Development of a Lightweight Mobility System for a Passive Tensegrity Lander | Completed | 3 | Informatics and Decision Support Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Biomineralization-Enabled Self-Growing Building Blocks for Habitat Outfitting on Mars | Completed | 2 | Manufacturing Processes | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| MeDiCNE - Metabolomics-based Disease Characterization via Needle Trap Extraction | Completed | 2 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Ames Research Center |
| Wireless Power Transfer for High Temperature Applications | Completed | 3 | — | Glenn Research Center |
| 100 eV Resolution Detectors for Hard X-ray Doppler Tomography of Supernova Remnants | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | California Institute of Technology |
| Decision Support for Water Management inthe Agriculture Sector | Completed | 4 | Intelligent Data Understanding | — |
| Reconstituting Asteroids into Mechanical Automata | Completed | 2 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Made in Space, Inc. |
| Work Execution for Integrated Display and Environmental Awareness System (WeIDEAS) | Completed | 6 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Input Waste Stream Modeling for Trash Management, Recycling and Manufacturing Processes | Completed | 3 | Waste Management | Kennedy Space Center |
| Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) | Completed | 3 | Distributed Aperture | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Drag Reduction by Off-Body Energy Deposition, Year 3 | Completed | 4 | Aerodynamics | Langley Research Center |
| Thirsty Walls - A new paradigm for air revitalization in life support | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Johnson Space Center |
| Onboard Autonomous Trajectory Planner | Completed | — | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Langley Research Center |
| Altitude Compensating Nozzles Project | Completed | 4 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Development of Floating Slosh Dampers for Propellant Tanks - FY18 | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Design and Optimization of Space System Architectures: Applying and Extracting Lessons Learned | Completed | 3 | Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design | Cornell University |
| Development of Grating Technology for High-Resolution Spectrometers Using Nanofabrication Techniques | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus |
| Breathing Mars Air: Stationary and Portable O2 Generation | Completed | 2 | In Situ Resource Use | Arizona State University-Tempe |
| Low-Cost SmallSats to Explore to Our Solar System's Boundaries | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Novel Solid Electrolyte for Safe and High-Capacity Battery with Internal Thermal Management Capability | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center |
| Shape Transforming Weather-Tolerant UAS | Completed | 6 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | Langley Research Center |
| A Drill-Integrated Gamma Ray/Neutron Detector for Solar System Exploration | Completed | 4 | Destination Resource Exploration | Ames Research Center |
| An Investigation of Mechanisms in Bonding and Failure of Thermal Spray Coatings | Completed | 3 | Coatings | University of Houston |
| High-Operating-Temperature Robot (HOTBot): Concept Demonstration | Completed | 3 | Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations | Glenn Research Center |
| Terahertz Phase Shifters for Electronic Steering of Radars and Radiometers, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| The High Étendue Multiple Object Spectrographic Telescope (THE MOST) | Completed | 2 | Structures and Antennas | 3DeWitt LLC |
| Europa Kinetic Ice Penetrator (EKIP) | Completed | 4 | Touchdown Systems | University of Washington-Seattle Campus |
| Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Ablation Kinetics | Completed | 4 | Thermal Protection Systems | University of Vermont |
| Anti-seize, Radiation-resistant, Ultralight Joints and Trusses for In-Space Robotics and Assembly in Extreme Space Environment | Completed | — | Materials for Extreme Environments | Langley Research Center |
| Decontamination Procedures for Non-Aqueous Life Detection Microfluidic Systems | Completed | 3 | Advanced Electronic Parts | Ames Research Center |
| Raman Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Assessment of Dermal Carotenoids as a Biomarker for Nutritional Status | Completed | 5 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johnson Space Center |
| Traveler/MAPS Stereo Vision Integration | Completed | 5 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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