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 161 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using the Solar Spectrum to Convert the Mars Atmosphere into Fuel with Novel Photocatalysts, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Kennedy Space Center |
| Superconducting Parametric Amplifier for Ultra-low Noise DSN Ka-band Receiver, Year 1 | Completed | 2 | Electronics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Engine System Integration and Analysis | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| An Assessment of Potential Martian Simulants from South Dakota Feedstocks | Completed | 2 | In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Prediction of Safety Incidents, Year 2 | Completed | 8 | — | Stennis Space Center |
| Mesoscopic distinct element method-enabled multiscale computational design of carbon nanotube-based composite materials | Completed | 4 | Computational Materials | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| Reusable Communication Infrastructure for Small Satellites | Completed | 3 | Radio Frequency | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Magnetic Field Requirements for Controlling the location of an Electric Arc in Supersonic Flow | Completed | — | Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Lightweight Free-Climbing Robots for Extreme Terrain Exploration | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Advanced Near Net Shape Technology (ANNST) - Integrally Stiffened Cylinder (ISC) | Completed | 6 | Sustainable Manufacturing | Langley Research Center |
| Real-time predictive modeling of Hall effect thrusters for thruster performance estimation and optimization | Completed | 2 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Stanford University |
| Prandtl Propeller: Design Process, Verification and Testing, Year 1 | Completed | — | Flight Performance and Analysis | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Dual Gate Field Effect Transistors as Electrical Sensors for Vapor-Phase Chemicals | Completed | 3 | Electromagnetic Environment Effects | University of Utah |
| Low-T, Low-Q Cryocoolers for Science Instruments | Completed | 3 | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| The Microwave Assisted Composite Manufacturing and Repair (MACMAR) | Completed | 5 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Johnson Space Center |
| Dust Mitigation for Lunar Bearings | Completed | — | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Glenn Research Center |
| Intra-Vehicular Robotic System Analysis and Design | Completed | — | — | Johnson Space Center |
| Telerobotic Perception during Asteroid and Mars Regolith Operations, Year 3 | Completed | 4 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Electrolyte with Ultra-High Salt Concentration | Completed | 3 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Glenn Research Center |
| Experimental Demonstration and System Analysis for Plasmonic Force Propulsion | Completed | 2 | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Kinetic Integrated Thermal Protection System (KnITPS) | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Systems | Ames Research Center |
| An Integrated Thermal Solution for Hypersonic Wing Leading Edge Applications | Completed | — | Heat Rejection and Storage | Ames Research Center |
| Engineering Concept Design and Assembly in VR Program, Year 1 | Completed | 5 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Development and Characterization of a Novel Additive Manufacturing Technology Capable of Printing Propellants with High Solids Loadings | Completed | 3 | Solids | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Employing Experimental and Analytical Methods to Understand the Ultrasonic Spot Welding Process for Thermoplastic Polymers to Guide Joint Design | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
| Intelligence in Motion: Re-embodiment, Trust, and Failure in Human-Robot Interaction | Completed | 3 | Distributed Collaboration and Coordination | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Health Monitoring of Future Space Infrastructure Using Embedded Material Sensing Systems | Completed | 3 | Mechanical Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Maneuverable Automated Tethered Spacecraft (MATS) Simulator | Completed | 3 | Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Ice Plume Capture for Ocean World Life Detection | Completed | — | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Ames Research Center |
| Accelerated Computational Design of Multifunctional Polymeric Materials with Machine Learning Dynamics | Completed | 3 | Computational Materials | Harvard University |
| Lattice Reinforced Regolith Concrete for Lunar Infrastructure | Completed | — | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Ames Research Center |
| Piezoelectric Washer for Accurate Application of Bolt Preload | Completed | 4 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Large Shell Hard X-Ray Multilayer Development | Completed | 4 | Sensors and Instruments | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Long Life Miniature Hall Thruster Enabling Low Cost Human Precursor Missions | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of Southern California |
| National Robotics Initiative (NRI) | Completed | 5 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| Convergent High-Order Compact WENO Discontinuity Capturing with Positivity Preserving for Unstructured Discontinuous Galerkin Schemes | Completed | 1 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Langley Research Center |
| X-Ray Diffractive Optics | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Computational Design of Nanomaterials by Pattern Replication | Completed | 3 | Computational Materials | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Visible-Light-Responsive Catalyst Development for VOC Remediation, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Self-Sensing Thermal Management System Using Multifunctional Nano-Enhanced Structures | Completed | 3 | Heat Rejection and Storage | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Safe Multi-agent Autonomous Planning & Scheduling (SafeMAPS) | Completed | — | Mission Planning and Scheduling | Ames Research Center |
| Biologically-derived Immunosorbent Nanoparticles for Deep Space Pharmacological Life Support Systems | Completed | 3 | Long-Duration Health | University of California-Davis |
| Robust Free Space Quantum Key Distribution | Completed | 4 | Quantum Communications | Glenn Research Center |
| Development of Structures Dynamic Analysis and Testing Capability for Supporting Store Separation Research | Completed | 6 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Robust Guidance and Control of Spacecraft with Large Thruster Errors | Completed | 3 | Dynamics Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Development of optics and microwave multiplexers for far-IR and millimeter detector arrays | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Cornell University |
| Integrated LOX / LCH4: A Unifying Technology for Future Exploration, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| 3D Solid State Battery | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center |
| Goggle based Visual Field Device for SANS | Completed | 5 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johnson Space Center |
| Scalable Cellular Infrastructure Technology (SCI-Tech) | Completed | — | Lightweight Concepts | Ames Research Center |
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