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 162 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra-Safe Electrolytes for High Energy Density Batteries for Lunar Exploration & Habitats | Completed | — | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Ames Research Center |
| Accurate On-Orbit Spectral Calibration of Next Generation Nanosatellite Sensors | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Langley Research Center |
| Leveraging the Radiation-Resistance and Power Efficiency of Nano-Magnetic Logic to Develop More Affordable, Efficient, and Reliable Space Technologies | Completed | 3 | Impact, Damage, and Radiation-Resistant Systems | University of South Florida-Main Campus |
| Dynamics Analysis of Origami-Folded Deployable Space Structures with Elastic Hinges | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Near-term quantum computing for applications | Completed | 3 | Quantum Computer | University of California-Berkeley |
| An MMOD Risk Mitigation Technology for Spacecraft TPS | Completed | 2 | TPS Instrumentation | Johnson Space Center |
| Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator | Completed | 2 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Transonic Flutter Aerodynamics | Completed | 4 | Aerodynamics | Ames Research Center |
| Smartphone Video Guidance Sensor for Small Satellites, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Intelligent Landing System (ILS) | Completed | 5 | Touchdown Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| A Suborbital Laser Beam Welding Flight Experiment | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Advancing 3D Volumetric x-Ray imaging for Engineering Quality Assurance, Human Safety, and Quantitative Resource Assays for In-Space Use (“First xCT in Space”) | Completed | — | Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Starburst: A Revolutionary Under-Constrained Adaptable Deployable Structure Architecture | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Development of Lightweight, Electrically Conductive, Multi-functional Textiles and Composites | Completed | 2 | — | Glenn Research Center |
| Characterization of Separation Events in High-Speed Flows | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Compact Astrometric Alignment Sensor and Navigation System for Precision Formation Flying | Completed | — | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Robust Optimization of Spacecraft Trajectories using Statistical Thruster Failure Models | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Fast and widely-tunable mid-IR laser spectrometer for lunar landers | Completed | — | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Advanced Thermal Mining Approach for Extraction, Transportation, and Condensation of Lunar Ice | Completed | 5 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| Superconducting Parametric Amplifier for Ultra-low Noise DSN Ka-band Receiver, Year 2 | Completed | — | Innovative RF Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Making Soil for Space Habitats by Seeding Asteroids with Fungi (Asteroid) | Completed | 3 | Mission Infrastructure, Sustainability, and Supportability | Trans Astronautica Corporation |
| Approximation Assisted Robust Design Optimization of Aerospace Systems | Completed | 3 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Evaluation of Surfactant-stabilized Nanocrystalline Metallic Materials | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Langley Research Center |
| Thermo-mechanical Optimization for Optical Instruments: Multidisciplinary Design of 3D Printed Graded Metal Structures, Year 1 (GMS3D) | Completed | — | Reliability and Sustainment | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Ultra-Low Noise Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) | Completed | 4 | Aeroacoustics | Langley Research Center |
| Ultra Long-Lived, Self-Surveying Autonomous Air Quality Sensing, Year 3 | Completed | — | Monitoring Technology | Johnson Space Center |
| Parachute Canopy Instrumentation Package, Year 2 (PCIP) | Completed | 5 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| Quantum Dot Spectrometer, Year 1 | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Ignition Susceptibility of Additive Manufactured Inconel 718 in Oxygen by Subsonic and Supersonic Particle Impact | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| Siri-Like Smart Crew Assistant, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Maintainability and Supportability | Johnson Space Center |
| In-Space Navigation Vision System (IViS-TP) | Completed | 7 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Intuitive Machines |
| CubeSat Based Radar for Characterizing Orbital Debris | Completed | 3 | Orbital Debris Characterization | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| High Efficiency Powertrain for Hybrid Aircraft (HEPHA) | Completed | 4 | Hybrid Electric Systems | Ampaire Inc |
| Integration of Manufacturing-Induced Variation in Multiscale Analysis of Composite Aerospace Structures | Completed | 2 | Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation | University of Massachusetts-Lowell |
| TangoBox: Next Generation Infrastructure forIn-Space Production on Commercial SpaceStations | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | — |
| Induction Heating for OSCAR | Completed | — | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Kennedy Space Center |
| High precision relative position sensing system for co-navigating spacecraft, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Distributed Aperture | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Modeling-Guided Design and Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Batteries Using Materials from In-Situ Resource Utilization | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center |
| Kinematic Shape Memory Alloys for Landing Applications | Completed | 3 | Flexible Material Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| QUantum Entangled-pair-source for Networked Communications with High-fidelity (QUENCH) | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Glenn Research Center |
| Insitu Lunar Launch and Landing Pad Construction with Regolith and Thermoset Polymers | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Kennedy Space Center |
| Critical Event Deconfliction for Interplanetary NanoSat Missions | Completed | 5 | — | Ames Research Center |
| Deep Machine Learning Methodology for Space Exploration Medical Diagnosis, Year 1 (DML/MD) | Completed | 4 | Engineering and Integrity | Johnson Space Center |
| Regolith Valve Development (RVD) | Canceled | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Glenn Research Center |
| Aerogel Core Fission Fragment Rocket Engine | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Positron Dynamics |
| Virtual Flight Demonstration of Stratospheric Dual-Aircraft Platform | Completed | 3 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach |
| Laser In-Situ Resource Analyzer (LIRA) | Canceled | 5 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Biobot: Innovative Offloading of Astronauts for More Effective Exploration | Completed | 2 | Portable Life Support System | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Fused Reality for Enhanced Training and Flight Research Element | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics Testing and Flight Operations | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Focusing Magnetic Field for Hall Effect Thruster | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Glenn Research Center |
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