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 181 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submillimeter Cyclic Olefin Copolymer Component Development for Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Planetary Exploration, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Motion and Pose Estimation for Autonomy of Dynamic/Contact Tasks | Completed | 6 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| Monolithic Compliant Space Mechanisms Design Strategies | Completed | 3 | Design and Analysis Tools and Methods | Brigham Young University-Provo |
| In-Space Manufacturing from Recyclable Feedstocks | Completed | 2 | Manufacturing Processes | Langley Research Center |
| In-Situ Electrochemical Production of Propellants from Martian Resources | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Exploring Uranus through Sustained ChipSat/CubeSat Activity Through Transmitted Electromagnetic Radiation (SCATTER) | Completed | 2 | Power Management and Distribution | Stanford University |
| Nano-Optic Probing of Vibrational Modes of Defects and Color Centers in Semiconductors | Completed | 2 | Special Materials | Vanderbilt University |
| LAPS: Lunar Autonomous Positioning System | Completed | — | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center |
| Noiseless Near-Infrared Photon Counting Avalanche Photodiode Detectors | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Hawaii Maui College |
| Propellant Delivery Via VDC Driven Pump, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Propellant Production, Storage, and Transfer | Stennis Space Center |
| Proving Water Production out of Mars Analog Soil | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Johnson Space Center |
| Tiered Additive Manufacturing (TAM) | Completed | 2 | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Coating Core-shell Cermets for Nuclear Thrust Propulsion Fuel Protection | Completed | 4 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | The University of Alabama |
| Investigating the Thermochemical Response of Avcoat TPS from First Principles for Comparison with EFT-1 Data | Completed | 4 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Multi-User Spaceport Umbilical Zero Force Disconnect (ZFD) | Completed | 4 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Kennedy Space Center |
| Micro Pulse Detonation Rocket Engine for Nano-Satellite Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Thermal Management of Extreme Heat Fluxes; Innovative Dual-Channel Flow Boiling with Femtosecond Laser Functionalized Metallic Surfaces | Completed | 2 | Heat Acquisition | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Metallic Crystal Defects and Irregular Geometries | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Brigham Young University-Provo |
| Deployable Solar Array Structures with High Stowed Volume Efficiencies | Completed | 3 | Flexible Material Systems | Brigham Young University-Provo |
| Scalable Autonomously Configured Integrated DAQ/Control System, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Site Management for Launches, Tests, and Operations | Stennis Space Center |
| Small Satellite Proximity Operations Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Bed Development | Completed | 3 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Trajectory Design and Orbit Determination | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Minimum Torque Propeller Design for Increased Efficiency and Decreased Noise | Completed | 4 | All-Electric Propulsion | Langley Research Center |
| Non-Contact Micron Dust Temperature Measurement | Completed | 2 | Cryogenic/Thermal Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Optimal Electric Field Estimation for Exoplanet Imaging Observatories in Space | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Princeton University |
| Integrated RF and Optical Communications (IROC) | Canceled | 5 | Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies | Glenn Research Center |
| An Astropharmacy | Completed | 3 | Transformative Health and Performance Concepts | Ames Research Center |
| Development of New Dielectric NDE Techniques for Spaceflight Materials | Completed | 3 | Computational Materials | Iowa State University |
| Novelty-Driven Onboard Targeting for MSL and Mars 2020 Rovers, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Sensing and Perception | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Modular Composite Damage Detection System (MCDDS) | Completed | — | Monitoring Technology | Kennedy Space Center |
| Defect Engineering for More Reliable and Efficient p-type Thermoelectric Materials | Completed | 3 | Heat Sources | Northwestern University |
| Artemis Lander Egress and Lunar Surface VR/ARGOS Trainer | Completed | — | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Johnson Space Center |
| Fundamental analysis and modeling of spray-detonation dynamics with application to rotating detonation engines | Completed | 2 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | Stanford University |
| Investigation of Environmental Requirements and Regulations for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Test | Completed | 8 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Stennis Space Center |
| Propellantless Spacecraft Formation-Flying and Maneuvering with Photonic Laser Thrusters (PLT) | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Y.K. Bae Corporation |
| Hypergolic Reactive Boundaries | Active | 2 | Earth Storable Propellants | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Ubiquitous wide-bandwidth quantum-noise-limited amplifiers for weak signals in the 1 GHz to 1 THz frequency range, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Controlling Robots with a Spring in Their Step | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Shear Thickening Fluids (STF) - Enhanced Textiles for Impact Energy Dissipation, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Special Materials | Glenn Research Center |
| Nonlinear Adaptive Filter for MEMS Gyro Error Cancellation | Completed | 3 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Silent and Efficient Supersonic Bi-Directional Flying Wing | Completed | 2 | Aerodynamics | University of Miami |
| Development of a Thermal Insulation System to Enable Planetary Exploration in Extreme Environments | Completed | 4 | Materials | Glenn Research Center |
| Risk-Sensitive Learning and Decision Making for Autonomous Space Robots | Completed | 4 | Learning and Adaptation | Stanford University |
| Deployable Drag Device for Launch Vehicle Upper Stage Deorbit | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Hypergolic rotating detonation rocket propulsion with low pressure-loss injection and advanced thermal management | Completed | 4 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | University of California-Los Angeles |
| Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | Completed | 7 | — | Ames Research Center |
| Peroxide – Ethanol Monopropellant Thruster for CubeSats | Completed | 4 | Chemical Space Propulsion | Glenn Research Center |
| SPS Fabrication of Nuclear CERMET Fuel Materials using W Powder Coated UO2 Feedstocks | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Integrated Omni-Directional Optical Phased Array Transceivers with Sub-Wavelength Element Spacing and Automatic Beam-Alignment | Completed | 4 | Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies | University of Pennsylvania |
| Decomposing Nitrous Oxide Thruster using Dielectric Barrier Discharge | Completed | 3 | Cold Gas | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Supersonic Distributed Electric Propulsion | Completed | 1 | All-Electric Propulsion | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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