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 340 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital Fiber Optic Production Module (ORFOM) | Completed | 6 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Mercury Systems (formerly Physical Optics Corporation) |
| Development of a Revolutionary Approach for Efficient Microgravity Transfer Line Chilldown | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | University of Florida |
| Validating Microgravity Mobility Models for Hopping/Tumbling Robots Testing | Completed | 5 | Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Demonstration of Enabling Communications Technologies for Future Low-Cost Small Earth Return Vehicles | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Terminal Velocity Aerospace, LLC |
| Modular Rapidly Manufactured SmallSat Element | Completed | 6 | — | Ames Research Center |
| Reduced Order Modeling for Non-equilibrium Radiation Hydrodynamics of Base Flow and Wakes: Enabling Manned Missions to Mars | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| ADS-B Demos - 1090 and 978 MHz | Completed | 5 | Aeroacoustics | FAA-AST |
| Microgravity Effects of Nanoscale Mixing on Diffusion Limited Processes Using Electrochemical Electrodes | Completed | 6 | Water Recovery and Management | University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras |
| Deployment Test for ExoCam Module Lunar Lander Descent Imaging | Completed | 6 | Atmosphere Characterization | Zandef Deksit Inc |
| LISA-T Microgravity Deployment Demonstration | Completed | 6 | Static Energy Conversion | Nexolve Holding Company, LLC |
| Advanced Caution and Warning System (ACAWS) | Completed | 6 | — | Ames Research Center |
| Draper Multi-Environment Navigator High Altitude Balloon Campaign | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. |
| Photonic and Quantum Interactions of Atomic-Scale Junctions | Completed | 3 | Electronics | University of Notre Dame |
| Particle Dispersion System for Microgravity Environments | Completed | 5 | Environment Sensors | SETI Institute |
| Microgravity Multi-Phase Flow Experiment for Suborbital Testing (MFEST) (MFEST) | Completed | 7 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Johnson Space Center |
| Soldier/Warfighter Operationally Responsive Deployer for Space (SWORDS) | Canceled | 5 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (STMD) (MOXIE) (MOXIE) | Completed | 8 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Microgravity Propellant Gauging Using Modal Analysis: Phase II | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Carthage College |
| Low-Gravity Flow Boiling on Modern Textured Surfaces Testing | Completed | 5 | Heat Transport | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) -based, Radiation Tolerant, Reconfigurable Computer System with Real Time Fault Detection, Avoidance and Repair Testing | Completed | 7 | High-Performance Field-Programmable Gate Arrays | Montana State University - Bozeman |
| Testing a CubeSat Attitude Control System in Microgravity Conditions | Completed | 6 | Attitude Estimation Sensors | University of Central Florida |
| Precision Formation Flying Sensor Testing | Completed | 7 | Navigation Sensors | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Enhanced Dynamic Load Sensors for ISS (EDLS-ISS) Operational Feasibility for Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) Testing | Completed | 6 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge |
| Electrowetting Enhanced Dropwise Condensation in the Zero-g Environment | Completed | 6 | Water Recovery and Management | University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors (PACE) | Completed | 8 | Spacecraft Command and Data Handling Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Inductively Coupled Electromagnetic (ICE) Thruster System Development for Small Spacecraft Propulsion Testing | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | MSNW, LLC |
| PRIME-4.0:Miniaturized and Reusable Asteroid Regolith Microgravity Experiment for Suborbital and Orbital Use | Completed | 5 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | University of Central Florida |
| Archinaut Technology Development | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Made in Space, Inc. |
| Initial Flight Test of a Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Transmitter Prototype for Commercial Space Transportation Using a High-Altitude Balloon | Completed | 6 | Aeroacoustics | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| Microgravity Fabrication of Freeze-cast Titanium Foams Testing | Completed | 5 | Special Materials | Northwestern University |
| Microgravity Propellant Gauging Using Modal Analysis | Completed | 5 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Carthage College |
| Deployable Rigid Adjustable Guided Final Landing Approach Pinions (DRAG FLAPs) (DRAG FLAPs) | Completed | 5 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Masten Space Systems, Inc. |
| Flight Test of Synchronized Position Hold Engage Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Integrated Navigation Sensor Platform for Extra-Vehicular Activity Control and Testing (INSPECT) | Completed | 5 | Navigation Sensors | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Measurement of the Atmospheric Background in the Mesosphere | Completed | 6 | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Silicon Valley Space Center |
| Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) System for Landing Applications [SPLICE subsystem] | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. |
| Dust Mitigation Technology for Surface Systems | Completed | 5 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Kennedy Space Center |
| Enhanced Thermal Switch Testing | Completed | 4 | Heat Transport | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Indium Phosphide (InP) Integrated Photonics Evaluation (ACO: InP) | Completed | 6 | — | Space Systems/Loral, LLC |
| Parabolic Flight Evaluation of a Hermetic Surgery System for Reduced Gravity | Completed | 7 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | University of Louisville |
| Structural Dynamics Test of Spiral Tube Actuator for Controlled Extension / Retraction (STACER) Antenna Deployment in Microgravity | Completed | 7 | Innovative Antennas | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer (CPST) | Canceled | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Glenn Research Center |
| Guided Parafoil High Altitude Research II | Completed | 5 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Airborne Systems North America of CA, Inc. |
| Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Microgravity | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Wyle Laboratories, Inc. |
| Dynamic and Static Behavior of a Flexible Fuel Hose in Zero-G | Completed | 5 | Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells | Jackson and Tull |
| Zero-g Condensation Droplets and Flow in Phase-Change Loops | Completed | 6 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Dragonfly: On-Orbit Robotic Installation and Reconfiguration of Large Solid RF Reflectors (Dragonfly) | Completed | 5 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Space Systems/Loral, LLC |
| Low Cost, Light-weight, and Reusable Radiation Nose Payload | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Ames Research Center |
| Resilient Thermal Panel: Microgravity Effects on Isothermality of Structurally Embedded Two Dimensional Heat Pipes | Completed | 5 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Air Force Research Laboratory - Kirtland |
| Starling (Starling) | Completed | 7 | Adaptive Network Topology | Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC |
| A phase-space coupled hybrid framework for combined continuum/rarefied high speed flows | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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