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 ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-disciplinary Design, Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) | Completed | 3 | Modeling and Simulation for Flight | Glenn Research Center | 2022-11-15 | — |
| Combustion Modeling | Completed | 2 | Alternative Low-Carbon Jet Fuel | Glenn Research Center | 2022-11-15 | — |
| Saltation Sensor | Completed | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Cornell University | 2022-11-15 | — |
| Non-deforming, high-reflectance X-ray coatings for Lynx and other future missions | Completed | 3 | Mirror Systems | Reflective X-Ray Optics LLC | 2022-11-15 | — |
| Far-IR/submm array of multiplexed Single Photon Detectors based on the Quantum Capacitance Detector | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | California Institute of Technology | 2022-11-15 | — |
| Aerogel Scattering Filters for Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Astrophysics | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2022-11-22 | — |
| Aerovators - Advanced Kite-Borne Instrumentation Systems | Completed | 4 | Other Sensors and Instruments | Wallops Flight Facility | 2022-12-23 | — |
| Maturation of Optical Navigation Tools Using Mission Data | Completed | 7 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2022-12-24 | — |
| Plasma Assisted Nutrient Recovery from Inedible Biomass via Ash Leaching | Completed | 3 | Waste Management | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-01-24 | — |
| Flow Testing of Corrugated Metal Flexhoses to Evaluate Flow-Induced Vibration and Stiffness | Completed | 3 | Modeling | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-01-24 | — |
| Zero-Carbon Engine Core with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle for Onboard Power (ALFA) | Active | 1 | Alternative Low-Carbon Jet Fuel | University of Central Florida | 2023-02-10 | High |
| Simulated Excavation Environment for Lunar Operations (SEELO) | Completed | 4 | Modeling and Simulation for Robots | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-02-27 | — |
| Development of Gas Analysis Capabilities (DGAC) | Completed | 4 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-02-27 | — |
| Hybrid optical frequency reference for compact coherent laser ranging | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-03-19 | — |
| Ultra-stable Telescope Metrology Development | Completed | 3 | Mirror Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-03-19 | — |
| Ka-Band Polarizer for Uplink and Downlink | Completed | 5 | Radio Frequency | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-03-19 | — |
| Onboard Hardware Acceleration of Terrain Relative Navigation and Optical Navigation Algorithms with High-Level Synthesis for FPGAs | Completed | 5 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-03-20 | — |
| Generative Design and Digital Manufacturing: A paradigm shift in development of instrument structures | Completed | 6 | Design and Analysis Tools and Methods | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-03-20 | — |
| Stitching Interferometry for Freeform Optics (SIFO) | Completed | 5 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-04-19 | — |
| Active Control Algorithm Development of Fast Steering Mirrors for Picometer Line-Of-Sight Stabilization | Completed | 5 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-04-19 | — |
| An X-ray Communication Flight Demonstration on STP-H6 (XCOM) | Completed | 7 | Optimetrics | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-04-19 | — |
| Leveraging charge-integration of microchannel plate detectors for the next generation of fast plasma instrumentation | Completed | 6 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-04-19 | — |
| Multiple Process Support for cFS | Completed | 4 | Tools and Methodologies for Software Design and Development | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-04-19 | — |
| Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast System for Traffic Situational Awareness | Completed | 7 | Aircraft Avionics Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2023-07-17 | — |
| Towed Glider Air Launch System (TGALS) | Completed | — | Flight Mechanics Testing and Flight Operations | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2023-07-17 | — |
| Acoustic Detection of Aircraft Turbine Cooling Hole Clogging | Completed | 2 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2023-07-17 | — |
| Altitude Compensating Nozzle | Completed | — | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2023-07-17 | — |
| Expandable Variable-Autonomy Architecture (EVAA) | Completed | 3 | GN&C Fault Management, Fault Tolerance, and Autonomy | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2023-07-17 | — |
| Characterize Human Forward Contamination: Advanced Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacesuits | Completed | 1 | Portable Life Support System | Johnson Space Center | 2023-07-18 | — |
| Miniature Exercise Device (MED) | Completed | 5 | Loads and Vibration | Johnson Space Center | 2023-07-18 | — |
| Characterize Human Forward Contamination: Advanced Life Support | Completed | 1 | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2023-07-18 | — |
| Materials Manufactured from 3D-Printed Synthetic Biology Arrays: 3D Printing Mechanism for Synthetic Biomaterial Production | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Ames Research Center | 2023-08-14 | — |
| Materials Manufactured from 3D-Printed Synthetic Biology Arrays: Cell Chassis for Synthetic Biomaterial Production | Completed | 2 | Computational Materials | Ames Research Center | 2023-08-14 | — |
| Materials Manufactured from 3D-Printed Synthetic Biology Arrays: Cell Printing Substrate for Synthetic Biomaterial Production | Completed | 2 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Ames Research Center | 2023-08-14 | — |
| Materials Manufactured from 3D-Printed Synthetic Biology Arrays: Cell Printing Medium for Synthetic Biomaterial Production | Completed | 3 | Loads and Vibration | Ames Research Center | 2023-08-14 | — |
| Autonomous Navigation, Dynamic Path and Work Flow Planning in Multi-Agent Robotic Swarms: Autonomy | Completed | 2 | Microgravity Construction and Assembly | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-08-15 | — |
| Autonomous Navigation, Dynamic Path and Work Flow Planning in Multi-Agent Robotic Swarms: Path and Motion Planning with Uncertainty | Completed | 2 | Path Planning | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-08-15 | — |
| Large Scale Reduction of Graphite Oxide | Completed | 3 | Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-08-15 | — |
| Large Scale Reduction of Graphite Oxide: Large format reduction of graphite oxide | Completed | 3 | Logistics Management | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-08-15 | — |
| Plasma Treatment of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | Completed | 4 | Logistics Management | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-09-11 | — |
| Lunar Uncrewed Explorer Tool (LUNEXT) | Completed | 4 | Ground and Surface Logistics | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-09-11 | — |
| Simulated Excavation Environment for Lunar Operations Follow-on (SEELO) | Completed | 4 | Modeling and Simulation for Robots | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-09-11 | — |
| Parabolic and Suborbital Glovebox in Support of Space Crop Production | Completed | 4 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center | 2023-09-11 | — |
| Ultra-Low-Noise Sub-mm/Far-IR Detectors for Space-Based Telescopes | Completed | 3 | Distributed Aperture | — | 2023-09-19 | — |
| FY15 GRC: Advanced Terrain Imaging with Communication Signals | Completed | 2 | Optimetrics | Glenn Research Center | 2023-09-20 | — |
| Long-Path OH Absorption Measurement: Optical telescope | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-09-22 | — |
| Instrument for Trace Gas Measurements | Completed | — | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-09-28 | — |
| Development of a Compact High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer i (CHRIS) | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-09-28 | — |
| In Situ Mass Spectrometer | Completed | — | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-09-28 | — |
| Improved optical planar waveguides for lasers | Completed | 2 | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2023-09-28 | — |
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