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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| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) | Completed | 7 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Exo-Atmospheric Aerobrake Flight Testing | Completed | 8 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Ames Research Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Propellant Mass Gauging in Microgravity with Electrical Capacitance Tomography | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Flyover Mapping and Modeling of Terrain Features | Completed | 6 | Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis | Carnegie Mellon University | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Microgravity Experiment on Accretion in Space Environments | Completed | 6 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | University of Central Florida | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Green Propellant Thruster Technology Qualification (GPTTQ) | Canceled | 7 | Earth Storable Propellants | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Evaluation of Preserved Blood for Transfusion Therapy in Reduced Gravity | Completed | 6 | Long-Duration Health | University of Louisville | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) Technology Development for the Maraia Earth Return Capsule Flight Testing | Completed | 6 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Johnson Space Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| High-Altitude Electromagnetic Sounding of Earth and Planetary Interiors | Completed | 5 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Southwest Research Institute - Boulder | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Flight Testing a GNSS Radio Occultation Autonomous System for Commercial Space Weather Applications | Completed | 6 | Environment Sensors | Night Crew Labs LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Parabolic Flight Demonstration of Fluid Dispensing Tube Performance Limits for Drop Delivery | Completed | 5 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Wet Lab 2 Testing | Completed | 9 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Ames Research Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Rapid Calibration of Space Solar Cells in Suborbital Environments | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | The Aerospace Corporation | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Telemetric Biological Imaging | Completed | 7 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Florida | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Using Single Event Effects to Generate Truly Random Numbers for Encryption Keys | Completed | 6 | Cyber Security | Montana State University - Bozeman | 2026-01-22 | — |
| GPS Fading | Completed | 5 | Navigation Sensors | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| SPECTRE 2: Sample Pinning Experiment for Capture Technology in a Reduced-gravity Environment | Completed | 5 | Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Bio-Regenerative Closed Loop Life Support Systems | Completed | 4 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Minimalistic Advanced SoftGoods Hatch (MASH) | Canceled | 4 | — | Langley Research Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Space Based Ka Band Radio | Completed | 6 | — | ViaSat Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Protein-Drop Pinning in Microgravity | Completed | 6 | Environment Sensors | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Boston University Student Proposal for Deployable Solar and Antenna Array Microgravity Testing | Completed | 6 | Innovative Antennas | Boston University | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Green Propellant Infusion Mission Program (GPIM) | Completed | 7 | Earth Storable Propellants | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Advancing Diaphram Modeling Technology for Propellant Management Testing | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Multi-use Autonomous Positioning System (MAPS) | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Demonstration of Optimal Chilldown Methods for Cryogenic Propellant Tanks in Reduced Gravity | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | University of Florida | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Design and Development of a Micro Satellite Attitude Control System Testing | Completed | 4 | Attitude Estimation Sensors | SUNY Buffalo State | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Fuel Mass Gauging Based on Electrical Capacitance Volumatric Tomography Techniques | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Coupler for Propellant Transfer (CPT-TP) | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | SpaceX | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Payload Separation Performance of a New 6U CubeSat Canisterized Satellite Dispenser | Completed | 8 | Destination Resource Exploration | Air Force Research Laboratory - Kirtland | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Adapting the ring-sheared drop (RSD) technology as a bioreactor | Completed | 6 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Lunar Plant Growth Experiment (LPX)Testing | Completed | 6 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Ames Research Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Computationally Tractable Reachability Subspace Surfaces Applied to Space Operations | Completed | 3 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Guided Parafoil High Altitude Research | Completed | 6 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Airborne Systems North America of CA, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing Demonstration-2 (OSAM-2) | Canceled | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Made in Space, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Assessment of Forward Sensing Turbulence Detection Strategies for Stratospheric Flight | Completed | 7 | Atmosphere Characterization | University of Kentucky | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Low Density Supersonic Decelerators (LDSD) | Completed | 6 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Suborbital Evaluation of an Aqueous Immersion Surgical System for Reduced Gravity | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | University of Louisville | 2026-01-22 | — |
| AFTA-WFIRST Coronagraph Technology (ACT) Development | Completed | 6 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-01-22 | — |
| EMPANADA: Ejecta-Minimizing Protocols for Applications Needing Anchoring or Digging on Asteroids | Completed | 6 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Low-Cost Fiber Positioning System for Laser Communication and Science Applications | Completed | 6 | Optical Communications | Rocky Mountain Servo | 2026-01-22 | — |
| SFEM-3 (SlamStick) | Completed | 6 | Flight Performance and Analysis | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Reinventing the wheel: parabolic flight validation of reaction spheres | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Caging System for Drag-free Satellites | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Stanford University | 2026-01-22 | — |
| A New Spin on Suborbital Microgravity Research: Developing a Centrifuge for Blue Origin's New Shepard | Completed | 6 | Long-Duration Health | Nanoracks, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Suborbital Particle Aggregation and Collision Experiment-2 (SPACE-2) (SPACE-2) | Completed | 6 | Science Modeling | University of Central Florida | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Validating Telemetric Imaging Hardware for Crew-Assisted and Crew-Autonomous Biological Imaging in Suborbital Applications | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Florida | 2026-01-22 | — |
| CIRAS: Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Servicing (CIRAS) | Completed | 5 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems | 2026-01-22 | — |
| International Space Station (ISS) Life Science Glovebox (LSG) Crew Restraint Testing | Completed | 4 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | Ames Research Center | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Validation of a Fine Water Mist Fire Extinguisher | Completed | 7 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | ADA Technologies, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
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