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 251 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novel Modular Double-Acting Free-Piston Stirling Convertor | Completed | 4 | Heat Sources | Converter Source, LLC |
| Nanoscale Test Strips for Multiplexed Blood Analysis | Completed | — | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | The DNA Medicine Institute |
| Inductively Coupled Electromagnetic Thruster System Development for Small Spacecraft Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Electromagnetic Propulsion | Ames Research Center |
| The KFlow Cognitive Architecture | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. |
| Vertiport Traffic Automation System | Completed | 5 | Aeroacoustics | Architecture Technology Corporation |
| High Efficiency Hydrogen Separation Membrane Module for Space Oxygen Recovery Systems | Completed | 4 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Bettergy Corporation |
| Miniature Optical Proximity Sensor | Completed | 6 | State Estimation | RC Integrated Systems, LLC |
| Radiation Hard Monolithic SDRAM to Support DDR2 and DDR3 Architectures | Completed | 6 | — | Space Micro, Inc. |
| Real-time Non-destructive Microbial Water Monitoring for Spacecraft Cabins | Completed | 3 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Orb Xyz |
| Nanophotonic and Capillary Assisted Water Recovery | Completed | 5 | Water Recovery and Management | SweetSense, Inc. |
| Implementation of a Layer-by-Layer Manufacturing Apparatus for the Assembly of Protein-Based Retinal Implants in Low Earth Orbit | Completed | 7 | Manufacturing Processes | LambdaVision, Inc. |
| Hyperrealistic, precise position, multi-astronaut training with XR Redirected Walking | Completed | 4 | Automated Exascale Software Development Toolset | Orbital Outpost X |
| WIRA - Wireless Instrumentation for Rocket Applications | Completed | 4 | Environment Sensors | Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation |
| Dynamic State-Based FM Design and Analysis Tool | Completed | 3 | Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis | Odyssey Space Research, LLC |
| Self-healing FRCs: A New Approach to Damage Tolerant Cryotanks | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | NEI Corporation |
| Power Generating Coverings and Casings | Completed | 6 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | Streamline Automation, LLC |
| Permanent Anti-Fog Coatings Produced Via Aerosol Impact Driven Assembly | Completed | 7 | Coatings | Swift Coat, Inc |
| Wireless Hybrid Identification and Sensing Platform for Equipment Recovery (WHISPER) | Completed | — | Logistics Management | Advanced Systems & Technologies, Inc. |
| Microwave Plasma Assisted Metal Separation for Recycling in Zero Gravity | Completed | 4 | Manufacturing Processes | Microtech Energy, LLC. |
| High-Efficiency Reliable Stirling Generator for Space Exploration Missions | Completed | 3 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | Beck Engineering, Inc. |
| Semiconductor Nanomembrane Based Flight Sensors and Arrays | Completed | 6 | Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis | Nanosonic, Inc. |
| Microbial Monitoring of Spacecraft & Habitats Utilizing Advanced Metabolomics Analytical Methods | Completed | 5 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Connecticut Analytical Corporation |
| An Advanced Micromachined Package for the Quartz Disk Resonant Gyroscope | Completed | 3 | Navigation Sensors | ePack, Inc. |
| Coded Aperture Techniques for High-Throughput Imaging Spectroscopy | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Nova Photonics, Inc. |
| Ultrasonic Energy Interaction with Composite Damage in Both Frequency and Time Domains | Completed | 4 | Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors | Advent Innovations Limited |
| Decentralized Cooperative Navigation for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in GPS-denied Environments | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Optimal Synthesis, Inc. |
| Optical System for Monitoring Net Occular Blood Flow | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Physical Sciences, Inc. |
| Long Life Bearings for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. |
| Nano Enhanced 4000 °F CMC for Multiple Use Applications | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Allcomp Inc. |
| All Fiber Gas Reference Cell | Completed | 4 | Lasers | TIPD, LLC |
| Crew Worn Acceleration Recorder for Spaceflight | Completed | 6 | Environment Sensors | Diversified Technical Systems, Inc. |
| Multi-Environment MLI: Novel Multi-Functional Insulation for Mars Missions | Completed | 4 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Quest Thermal Group |
| Towards a Turn-Key Graphical Programming Suite for Autonomous Robotic Manufacturing and Teleoperation of Remote Robotic Assets | Completed | 7 | Surface Construction and Assembly | TRACLabs, Inc. |
| Benefit Analysis of Hybrid CNT/CFRP Composites in Future Aircraft Structures | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge |
| Inorganic Nanostructured High-Temperature Magnet Wires | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Eltron Research & Development, Inc. |
| Rotating Detonation X-Combustor (RDXC) Turbine Integration Program | Completed | 5 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | CPEC Technologies |
| Thermopile Detector Radiation Hardened Readout | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Black Forest Engineering, LLC |
| Robonaut 2 Tool Localization | Completed | — | Object, Event, and Activity Recognition | Johnson Space Center |
| The StratoCruiser Propulsive Long Endurance Balloon Gondola | Completed | 4 | Environment Sensors | Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge |
| Development of a Hermetically Sealed Canister for Sample Return Missions | Completed | 6 | Modeling and Simulation for Robots | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. |
| Reduced-Order Acoustic Prediction Tool for Ducted Fan Noise Sources Including Inflow Distortion and Turbulence Ingestion | Completed | 6 | Aeroacoustics | Technology In Blacksburg, Inc. |
| Aerodynamically Stable DragSails for Spacecraft Deorbit | Completed | 4 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Vestigo Aerospace Inc |
| Variable Fidelity AeroPropulsoServoElasticity Analysis Tool | Completed | 3 | Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation | CFD Research Corporation |
| High Efficiency V-Band Power Amplifier for Small Satellite Applications | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Alphacore, Inc. |
| Microfabricated, 94 GHz, 25 W, Helical Traveling Wave Tube | Completed | 3 | High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays | Teraphysics Corporation |
| Multi-Spectral Infrared Focal Plane Array For Wildfire And Burning-Biomass Analysis | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | QmagiQ, LLC |
| Mobile Water Quality Information Tool | Completed | 7 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Applied Geosolutions, LLC |
| Non-Catalytic Ignition System for High Performance Advanced Monopropellant Thrusters | Completed | 4 | Earth Storable Propellants | Systima Technologies, Inc. |
| Multiscale Design Tool and Process Development of Thin-Ply Composites | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Technical Data Analysis, Inc. |
| Low SWaP Flash LiDAR for Fast Traversing Rovers | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Advanced Scientific Concepts, LLC |
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