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 324 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compact Chemical Monitor for Silver Ions in Spacecraft Water Systems | Completed | 4 | Water Recovery and Management | Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. |
| In-Situ Application of Multi-Layer Thermal Protection System | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. |
| A Real-Time Fault Management Software System for Distributed Environments | Completed | 6 | Path Planning | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VIRTUAL ORG |
| Prototype-Technology Evaluator and Research Aircraft (PTERA) Flight Test Assessment | Completed | 7 | Flight Mechanics Testing and Flight Operations | Area-I, Inc. |
| A Path to Low-Cost Space Solar Arrays Based on Si Blankets and In-Orbit Array Construction | Completed | 4 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Regher Solar, LLC |
| A Self-Regulating Freezable Heat Exchanger for Spacecraft | Completed | 6 | Heat Rejection and Storage | TDA Research, Inc. |
| Inflatable Capsule Recovery Raft using OTS Pontoons and Other Components | Completed | 5 | Launch, Recovery, and Reuse | ASRC Federal System Solutions, LLC |
| Advanced Bayesian Methods for Lunar Surface Navigation | Completed | 6 | Navigation Sensors | Autonomous Exploration, Inc. |
| Solid-state Sodium-ion Batteries for Extreme-Environment Energy Storage | Completed | 4 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Aegis Technology, Inc. |
| Very High Load Capacity Air Bearing Spindle for Large Diamond Turning Machines | Completed | 5 | Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, and Testing of Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture | Dallas Optical Systems, Inc. |
| High-precision Continuous-time PNT Compact Module for the LunaNet Small Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | University of California-Los Angeles |
| On-Orbit Demonstration of Surface Feature-Based Navigation and Timing | Active | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Miniaturized Time Domain Terahertz Non Destructive Evaluation for In-Orbit Inspection of Inflatable Habitats and Thermal Protection Systems | Completed | 3 | Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors | Picometrix, LLC |
| Flat Panel Phased Array Antennas with Two Simultaneous Steerable Beams Utilizing 5G Ka-Band Silicon RFICs for Tx/Rx Communications Between 6U Small Satellite and Lunar Surface, Gateway and Earth | Completed | 5 | Innovative Antennas | San Diego State University |
| Subsurface Prospecting by Planetary Drones | Completed | 5 | — | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| ShaMAn - Shape Memory Alloy Antenna | Completed | 4 | Smart Materials | L'Garde, Inc. |
| Detecting Anomalies by Fusing Voice and Operations Data | Completed | 2 | Traffic Management Concepts | Robust Analytics |
| Discrete Geometry Toolkit for Shape Optimization | Completed | 9 | Smart Materials | Optimal, LLC |
| Efficient and Secure Network and Application Communications for Small Spacecraft | Completed | 4 | Information Assurance | Antara Teknik, LLC |
| Precision Heated Tooling for OOA Curing of Thin-Ply Composites | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. |
| AAM Community Integration Platform | Completed | 8 | Software Modeling and Model Checking | Crown Consulting, Inc. |
| A Smart Spectral Polarimetric Imager for Autonomous Plant Health Monitoring | Completed | 5 | Transformative Health and Performance Concepts | Space Lab Technologies, LLC |
| Deep Space Cryocooler System (DSCS) | Completed | 3 | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | Iris Technology Corporation |
| Compact Methane Sensing Lidar for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Beyond Photonics, LLC |
| Millimeter-Wave Camera | Completed | 4 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. |
| Ultra-Compact Optical Spectrometer for Organic Mapping, uCOSOM (microcosm) | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Photon Systems, Inc. |
| Methodology for Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft Control Development with Simulation and Flight Demonstration | Completed | 4 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. |
| Development of Advanced Anti-Reflection Coatings for High Performance Solar Energy Applications | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | MicroLink Devices, Inc. |
| Figuring and Polishing Precision Optical Surfaces | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | OptiPro Systems, LLC |
| Electro-Kinetic Ice Gun for Frozen Ice Plume Simulations | Completed | 4 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Connecticut Analytical Corporation |
| Trajectory Management to Enable Resilient Autonomy | Completed | 4 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Xwing, Inc. |
| Efficient High-Fidelity Modeling of High Strain Thin-Ply Composites | Completed | 5 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | AnalySwift |
| High Temperature Fiberoptic Thermal Imaging System | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Thoughtventions Unlimited LLC |
| Nanotube MMC for Structural Applications | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Materials Modification, Inc. |
| Reusable High Delta-V Transfer Stage for Small Spacecraft | Completed | 5 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Firefly Research, Inc. |
| Enhanced Passive Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) System | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Antech Systems, Inc. |
| Smart Memory Accelerator for Data Intensive and High Performance Computing Applications - Phase II | Completed | 5 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Simultac, LLC |
| Thin-Ply Inflatable Composites with Drop Stitch Reinforcement | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | PacMar Technologies LLC |
| Multifunctional Shielding and Self-Healing HybridSil Smart Composites for Space | Completed | 7 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Nanosonic, Inc. |
| X-NAV Autonomous Navigation Demonstration (X-NAV) | Completed | 8 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC |
| Braided Thin-Ply Tapes | Completed | 4 | Manufacturing Processes | Opterus Research and Development, Inc. |
| Compact Temperature Tolerant Quantum Entangled Light Source | Completed | 5 | Quantum Communications | Srico, Inc. |
| Iodine RF Ion Thruster Development | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Ames Research Center |
| Real-Time Formaldehyde Monitor for the ISS | Completed | 4 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Southwest Sciences, Inc. |
| Development of A Digital Assistant for Early Mission Analysis and Design | Completed | 3 | Model-Based Systems Engineering | Mycroft AI, Inc. |
| Ultra Low SWaP Relative Navigation | Completed | 4 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| Blockchain for Model Based System Engineering | Completed | 3 | Model-Based Systems Engineering | Tietronix Software, Inc. |
| RCS Gas Generation System | Completed | 4 | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC |
| SiC MOSFET WITH RADIATION-RESISTANT GATE OXIDE PERFORMANCE TO 600V | Completed | 2 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | Scdevice, LLC |
| Miniature HD6D Navigation and Rendezvous LIDAR & Software | Completed | 5 | Navigation Sensors | Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation |
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