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 186 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| End-to-End Trajectory Optimization | Completed | 5 | Trajectory Design and Analysis | Johnson Space Center |
| Precursor and neutral loss scans in a single ion trap and application to planetary exploration | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Superelastic, Non-Pneumatic Tire for Space & Terrestrial Applications, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Glenn Research Center |
| Validation of Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor Arrays for Thermal Protection System Materials | Completed | 6 | — | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation |
| Characterization of Reinforced Structural Composites with Carbon Nanotubes Grown Directly on the Fibers/Fabrics Using the PopTube Approach | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | The University of Alabama |
| Prediction of Safety Incidents, Year 3 | Completed | 3 | Event and Trend Identification | Stennis Space Center |
| Leidenfrost Driven Waste-Water Separator | Completed | 3 | Water Recovery and Management | Portland State University |
| In-Space Production from Recyclable Feedstocks | Completed | — | Microgravity Construction and Assembly | Langley Research Center |
| Bio-Inspired Space Environment-Resistant Polymer Composite | Completed | 2 | Materials for Extreme Environments | Langley Research Center |
| Discrete Velocity Method for Simulating Rarefied Gas Flows with Plasma | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Developing Next-Generation X-Ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors for Future Observatories and Investigating Their Low-Energy Response | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus |
| ORCLS - Optical-Radio Coherence for Laser Stability | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Extrasolar Object Interceptor and Sample Return Enabled by Compact, Ultra Power Dense Radioisotope Batteries (ESO) | Completed | 2 | Power Generation and Energy Conversion | Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation-Technologies |
| Solid-State Thermionic Nuclear Power for Megawatt Propulsion, Planetary Surface and Commercial Power | Completed | 5 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| In-situ Neutral-Optics Velocity Analyzer for Thermospheric Exploration (INOVATE) (INOVATE) | Completed | 2 | Field and Particle Detectors | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT)/SR-1 | Completed | 5 | — | Ames Research Center |
| A New Formation Flying/Satellite Swarm Concept | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Investigation of Degradation in Solid-State Batteries at Extreme Temperatures | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Integrated Entry and Powered Descent Guidance for Human Mars Missions | Completed | 3 | Hypersonic Decelerators | San Diego State University |
| High-Temperature Superconductors as Electromagnetic Deployment and Support Structures | Completed | 3 | Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Reliable RCS Ignition of LOX-LCH4 Propellants | Completed | 5 | Propulsion Systems for Landing | Johnson Space Center |
| Pyroelectric Fusion Microthruster | Completed | 4 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Enhancing Operation Imagery and Video for Human Exploration | Completed | 5 | Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems | Johnson Space Center |
| Spectrally-Resolved Synthetic Imaging Interferometer | Completed | 2 | Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation |
| Multifunctional Polymer Matrix Composites Through Thin Fuzzy Fiber | Completed | 3 | — | Glenn Research Center |
| Polarization-free Cubic Phase GaN Ultraviolet Laser Diodes for Space-based Light Interferometry | Completed | 3 | Lasers | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Revolutionary Methods to Reduce Conservatism in Design Loads | Completed | 2 | Aeroelasticity | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Multi-Level Autonomous Piloting System | Completed | 4 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Electrolyte Engineering Toward Increasing Nonaqueous Lithium-Oxygen Battery Capacity | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | University of California-Berkeley |
| Integrated Task and Motion Planning with Verification via Formal Methods | Completed | 3 | Path Planning | Rice University |
| Deep Space Engine (Previously Bipropellant In-Space Engine - ISE 100) | Completed | 6 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| The Spacesuit Digital Thread: 4.0 Manufacture of Custom High Performance Spacesuits for the Exploration of Mars | Completed | 3 | Pressure Garment | Texas A & M University-College Station |
| Tensegrity Underwater Robot for Traversing Liquid Environments (TURTLE) | Completed | — | Below-Surface Mobility | Ames Research Center |
| Micromechanical response of carbon fiber preform in high-temperature oxidizing environments | Completed | 3 | Thermal Protection Systems | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Compliant Space Mechanisms | Completed | 3 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Brigham Young University-Provo |
| Nuclear & Emerging Technologies for Space Conference | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Stennis Space Center |
| Mesoscale Framework for Multi-Physics Simulation of Ablative Thermal Protection Systems | Completed | 4 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Florida |
| Direct Visual-Inertial-LIDAR SLAM and Autonomous Landing Site Selection and Guidance for Unknown Environments | Completed | 3 | Touchdown Systems | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Autonomous On-Board Optical Navigation Beyond Earth Orbit | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| RIPS: Ripcord Innovative Power System | Completed | 2 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Johns Hopkins University |
| Solar Surfing | Completed | 2 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Kennedy Space Center |
| In Situ Oxygen Generation from CO2 under Benign Conditions, Year 1 | Completed | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Princeton Satellite Systems |
| Thermal Mining of Ices on Cold Solar System Bodies | Completed | 3 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Colorado School of Mines |
| Dust Tolerant Magnetic Coupler | Completed | 4 | Infrastructure Optimization | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Run-time anomaly detection and mitigation in information-rich cyber-physical systems | Completed | 3 | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Longterm Discovery and Modeling of Temporal Phenomena to Support Robotic Service Behaviors | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | Oregon State University |
| Adaptive Data Routing with Cognitive Gateways | Completed | 3 | Cognitive Networking | University of Houston |
| Space Debris Threat Mitigation via characterization of strain rate effects by Maximum Entropy Atomistics | Completed | 3 | Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation | California Institute of Technology |
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