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 338 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-use Autonomous Positioning System (MAPS) | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Demonstration of Optimal Chilldown Methods for Cryogenic Propellant Tanks in Reduced Gravity | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | University of Florida |
| Design and Development of a Micro Satellite Attitude Control System Testing | Completed | 4 | Attitude Estimation Sensors | SUNY Buffalo State |
| Fuel Mass Gauging Based on Electrical Capacitance Volumatric Tomography Techniques | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Coupler for Propellant Transfer (CPT-TP) | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | SpaceX |
| Payload Separation Performance of a New 6U CubeSat Canisterized Satellite Dispenser | Completed | 8 | Destination Resource Exploration | Air Force Research Laboratory - Kirtland |
| Adapting the ring-sheared drop (RSD) technology as a bioreactor | Completed | 6 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Lunar Plant Growth Experiment (LPX)Testing | Completed | 6 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Ames Research Center |
| Computationally Tractable Reachability Subspace Surfaces Applied to Space Operations | Completed | 3 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Guided Parafoil High Altitude Research | Completed | 6 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Airborne Systems North America of CA, Inc. |
| On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing Demonstration-2 (OSAM-2) | Canceled | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Made in Space, Inc. |
| Assessment of Forward Sensing Turbulence Detection Strategies for Stratospheric Flight | Completed | 7 | Atmosphere Characterization | University of Kentucky |
| Low Density Supersonic Decelerators (LDSD) | Completed | 6 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Suborbital Evaluation of an Aqueous Immersion Surgical System for Reduced Gravity | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | University of Louisville |
| AFTA-WFIRST Coronagraph Technology (ACT) Development | Completed | 6 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| EMPANADA: Ejecta-Minimizing Protocols for Applications Needing Anchoring or Digging on Asteroids | Completed | 6 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | North Carolina State University at Raleigh |
| Low-Cost Fiber Positioning System for Laser Communication and Science Applications | Completed | 6 | Optical Communications | Rocky Mountain Servo |
| SFEM-3 (SlamStick) | Completed | 6 | Flight Performance and Analysis | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Reinventing the wheel: parabolic flight validation of reaction spheres | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Caging System for Drag-free Satellites | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Stanford University |
| A New Spin on Suborbital Microgravity Research: Developing a Centrifuge for Blue Origin's New Shepard | Completed | 6 | Long-Duration Health | Nanoracks, LLC |
| Suborbital Particle Aggregation and Collision Experiment-2 (SPACE-2) (SPACE-2) | Completed | 6 | Science Modeling | University of Central Florida |
| Validating Telemetric Imaging Hardware for Crew-Assisted and Crew-Autonomous Biological Imaging in Suborbital Applications | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Florida |
| CIRAS: Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Servicing (CIRAS) | Completed | 5 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
| International Space Station (ISS) Life Science Glovebox (LSG) Crew Restraint Testing | Completed | 4 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | Ames Research Center |
| Validation of a Fine Water Mist Fire Extinguisher | Completed | 7 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | ADA Technologies, Inc. |
| Technology Maturation of a Dual-Spinning CubeSat Bus | Completed | 6 | Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Fast Light Optical Gyroscope (FLOG) | Completed | 6 | Navigation Sensors | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Creation of Titanium-Based Nanofoams in Reduced Gravity for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Production | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Northwestern University |
| Advancing Fiber Optic Sensing Technology for Space Applications (FOSS) (FOSS) | Completed | 6 | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Box-of-Rocks Experiment II: Morphology and Sampling of Asteroid Regolith Simulants in Microgravity | Completed | 7 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Southwest Research Institute - Boulder |
| Cryogenic Gauging Technology Geometry Development | Completed | 6 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| 3D Print Element | Completed | 6 | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Gannon University's Cosmic-Ray Calorimeter (GU-CRC) (GU-CRC) | Completed | 7 | Field and Particle Detectors | Gannon University |
| Sub-Kilowatt Electric Propulsion (SKEP) | Completed | 6 | Electric Space Propulsion | Glenn Research Center |
| Indexing Media Filtration System Testing | Completed | 6 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Aerfil, LLC |
| Testing ON-OFF Gecko Adhesive Grippers in Microgravity | Completed | 6 | Grappling Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| ATLAS LINKS Electronically Steered Aperture Array System (ACO: ATLAS-A) | Completed | 6 | — | Atlas Space Operations, Inc. |
| Continuous Electrochemical Gas Separation | Completed | 4 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Johnson Space Center |
| First Demonstration of General Aviation Strobe for Commercial Re-usable Launch Vehicles (RLVs) | Completed | 6 | Range Tracking, Surveillance, and Flight Safety Technologies | FAA-AST |
| Reduced Gravity Flight Demonstration of Synchronized Position Hold Engage Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Universal Docking Ports | Completed | 5 | Relative Navigation Sensors | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Cryogenic Encapsulating Launch Shroud and Insulated Upper Stage (CELSIUS) | Completed | 5 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Paragon Space Development Corporation |
| V-R3x - CubeSat cross-link, ranging, and coordinated measurement technology demonstration for future distributed CubeSat swarm missions | Completed | 6 | Innovative RF Technologies | Ames Research Center |
| Wireless Strain Sensing System for Space Structural Health Monitoring | Completed | 5 | Reliability and Sustainment | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| Microgravity Testing of CSSR Sample Verification System | Completed | 6 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Microfluidic Electrospray Propulsion (MEP) | Completed | 5 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Nanolauncher | Completed | — | — | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Collisions Into Dust Experiment on a Commercial Suborbital Vehicle | Completed | 8 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | University of Central Florida |
| Advanced Design and Manufacture of Cryogenic Propellant Tanks for Air Launched Liquid Rocket | Completed | 3 | — | Langley Research Center |
| Technology Demonstration Unit (TDU) | Completed | 5 | — | Glenn Research Center |
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