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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21,053 projects harvested so far — page 355 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Rate Emulator Experiments for Spacecraft Fire Safety | Completed | 3 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Microfluidic Label-Free Sensing for Rapid Multiplexed Pathogen Detection in Space Missions | Completed | 3 | Waste Management | University of Houston |
| Performance Quantification of Solar Sail Heliogyros for Planetary and Interplanetary Missions Using Multi-Scale Dynamics and Control Analysis | Completed | 3 | Solar Sails | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Silicon-Germanium Front-End Electronics for Space-Based Radar Applications | Completed | 3 | Electronics | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Hypersonic Reusable Technologies for Access to Space | Completed | 3 | Ramjet/Scramjet | Stanford University |
| The Aragoscope: Ultra-High Resolution Optics at Low Cost | Completed | 1 | Mirror Systems | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken | Completed | 2 | Below-Surface Mobility | Glenn Research Center |
| Entanglement-assisted Communication System for NASA's Deep-Space Missions: Feasibility Test and Conceptual Design | Completed | 2 | Quantum Communications | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Variable Vector Countermeasure Suit for Space Habitation and Exploration (V2Suit) | Completed | 3 | Decompression Sickness Mitigation | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. |
| Laser-Based Optical Trap for Remote Sampling of Interplanetary and Atmospheric Particulate Matter | Completed | 2 | V&V of Software systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Radiation Protection and Architecture Utilizing High Temperature Superconducting Magnets | Completed | 4 | Protection Systems | Johnson Space Center |
| Using the Hottest Particles in the Universe to Probe Icy Solar System Worlds | Completed | 1 | Engine Icing | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Printable Spacecraft: Flexible Electronic Platforms for NASA Missions | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Robust Optimal Fragmentation and Dispersion of Near-Earth Objects | Completed | 2 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Iowa State University |
| Proposal for a Concept Assessment of a Fission Fragment Rocket Engine (FFRE) Propelled Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) | Completed | 2 | Electromagnetic Tethers | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 10 meter Sub-Orbital Large Balloon Reflector (LBR) | Completed | 2 | Innovative Antennas | University of Arizona |
| Plasmonic Force Propulsion Revolutionizes Nano/PicoSatellite Capability | Completed | 1 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| Growth Adapted Tensegrity Structures - A New Calculus for the Space Economy | Completed | 2 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Texas A & M University-College Station |
| Magnetically Enabled Structures Using Interacting Coils (MAGESTIC) | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Concepts | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MAGNETOUR: Surfing Planetary Systems on Electromagnetic and Multi-Body Gravity Fields | Completed | 2 | Electromagnetic Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies | Completed | 3 | Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Economical Radioisotope Power | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Center for Space Nuclear Research |
| Aneutronic Fusion Spacecraft Architecture | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | University of Houston-Clear Lake |
| Low Power Microrobotics Utilizing Biologically Inspired Energy Generation | Completed | 2 | V&V of Software systems | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Titan Aerial Daughtercraft | Completed | 1 | Above-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| SpiderFab: Process for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale Apertures | Completed | 3 | Microgravity Construction and Assembly | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| Non-Radioisotope Power Systems For Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions | Completed | 2 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | — |
| PERISCOPE: PERIapsis Subsurface Cave OPtical Explorer (PERISCOPE) | Completed | 2 | Destination Resource Exploration | Nosanov Consulting, LLC |
| 10 meter Sub-Orbital Large Balloon Reflector (LBR) | Completed | 2 | Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing | University of Arizona |
| Exploration of Under-Ice Regions with Ocean Profiling Agents (EUROPA) | Completed | 2 | Below-Surface Mobility | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| WRANGLER: Capture and De-Spin of Asteroids and Space Debris | Completed | 2 | Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| Orbiting Rainbows | Completed | 3 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| SpiderFab: Architecture for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale Apertures | Completed | 4 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| Printable Spacecraft: Flexible Electronic Platforms for NASA Missions Project | Completed | 3 | Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array (SPS-ALPHA) | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Artemis Innovation Management Solutions |
| Optically Controlled and Corrected Active Meta-material Space Structures (OCCAMS) | Completed | 2 | Mirror Systems | Neoteric Physics, Inc. |
| Dual-mode Propulsion System Enabling CubeSat Exploration of the Solar System | Completed | 1 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Center for Space Nuclear Research |
| Meeting the Grand Challenge of Protecting Astronaut's Health: Electrostatic Active Space Radiation Shielding for Deep Space Missions | Completed | 2 | Protection Systems | Langley Research Center |
| Deep Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies with Galactic Cosmic Ray Secondary Particle Showers | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Johnson Space Center |
| Ghost Imaging of Space Objects | Completed | 2 | Tests, Tools, and Methods | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| The Potential for Ambient Plasma Wave Propulsion | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Ohio Aerospace Institute |
| Steering of Solar Sails Using Optical Lift Force | Completed | 1 | Solar Sails | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| An Innovative Solution to NASA's NEO Impact Threat Mitigation Grand Challenge and Flight Validation Mission Architecture Development | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Iowa State University |
| Enabling All-Access Mobility for Planetary Exploration Vehicles via Transformative Reconfiguration | Completed | 2 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | North Carolina State University at Raleigh |
| Transformers For Extreme Environments | Completed | 1 | Below-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Mars Ecopoiesis Test Bed | Completed | 1 | Sample Handling | Ames Research Center |
| Ghost Imaging of Space Objects | Completed | 2 | Atmospheric Mitigation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Ultra-Light "Photonic Muscle" Space Structures | Completed | 2 | Mirror Systems | University of Hawaii Maui College |
| Nuclear Propulsion through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | MSNW, LLC |
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