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 364 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asteroid and Lava Tube ISRU Prospecting Free Flyer | Completed | 4 | Destination Resource Exploration | Kennedy Space Center |
| Plant Dwarfing Technologies - Food Augmentation in Space | Completed | 2 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Cow in a Column - A Synthetic Food "Replicator" | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Wireless Multiplexed SAW Sensors, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring | Kennedy Space Center |
| Magnetic Nano-particle Based Composite Materials/ Magnets | Completed | 2 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Icy Regolith Excavation and Volatile Capture Under Vacuum Conditions | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Kennedy Space Center |
| Lightweight, High Strength Metals With Enhanced Radiation Shielding - Technology Advancing Partnerships (TAP) Solicitation | Completed | 2 | Protection Systems | Kennedy Space Center |
| Familiarization and Detection of Green Monopropellants | Completed | 5 | Earth Storable Propellants | Kennedy Space Center |
| Infrascope: Full-Spectrum Phonocardiography with Automated Signal Analysis | Completed | 2 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Large Format Reduction of Graphite Oxide | Completed | 4 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Accelerated Test Method for Corrosion Protective Coatings Project | Completed | 3 | Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing | Kennedy Space Center |
| Flexible Graphene-Based Energy Storage Devices for Space Applications | Completed | 4 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Look-down Sensor for Soil Erosion, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| A Far-Field Electro-Magnetic Tractor Beam | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center |
| Mars Propellant Production with Ionic Liquids | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Kennedy Space Center |
| CALISTE and developing the Next Generation HXR Detector for Solar Observations | Completed | 6 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Three-Dimensional Plume-Surface Interaction and Crater Formation Dynamic Measurements in Reduced Gravity Environments | Completed | 5 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Auburn University |
| Zero-G Technology Demonstration of Low-Cost Three-Axis CubeSat Attitude Control with Hard Disk Drive Reaction Wheels | Completed | 7 | Advanced Commercial-off-the-Shelf Technologies | University of California-Davis |
| Draper Multi-Environment Navigator (DMEN) Suborbital Rocket Campaign | Completed | 4 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. |
| Maturing Ejecta STORM for Lunar Delivery | Completed | 6 | Atmosphere Characterization | University of Central Florida |
| Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) | Completed | 6 | Other Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Kennedy Space Center |
| Activation of Self-folding Origami in Microgravity Environment (AoSOME) | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Auburn University |
| Instron Model 9440 Instrumented Drop Tower for Composite Materials Damage Tolerance Testing | Active | 6 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Automated Microhardness Tester Replacement | Completed | 9 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Enhancement of Failure Analysis and Additive Manufacture Characterization Capabilities with New Laser Confocal Microscope Promoting High-Resolution Imaging Over Large Surface Area and High Angles | Completed | 9 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Enabling Ontology-driven Workflows for ACO's Dyreqt Modeling Framework | Completed | 4 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets (HOEE) (HOEE) | Completed | 2 | Structures and Antennas | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Lunar IceCube | Completed | 6 | Destination Resource Exploration | Morehead State University |
| Autonomous Systems and Operations (ASO) | Completed | 7 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Ames Research Center |
| Doppler Wind and Temperature Sounder: IR Limb Emission Sensor Development | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCES |
| In-Situ Metrology for Optics Development | Completed | 6 | Sensors and Instruments | — |
| Human Factors Mockup Fabrication Capabilities Increase | Completed | — | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Topology & Generative Design Optimization for Thermal Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM) Struts | Completed | 3 | Thermal Management Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Enhanced Profile Scanning Platform for Epoxy Flat Floor | Completed | 4 | Ground, Test, and Surface Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Acquire LED Solar Simulator to Enable Testing State-of-the-Art Solar Array Technology | Completed | — | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Angstrom Designs, Inc. |
| Glove Box For Inkless 3D Electronics Printer | Completed | 3 | Avionics Component Technologies | — |
| M-40 Upgrades and Integration | Completed | 8 | Manufacturing | — |
| Spacecraft Priming Analysis and Research Test Apparatus: Test Number 2 (SPARTAN 2) | Completed | 5 | Propulsion Systems | MSFC Engineering Directorate |
| Surface Heat Transfer Characteristics of Different Turbine Blade Tip GRX-810 Alloy AM Surface Processing Methods | Completed | 5 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Propulsion Research Center University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| Mechanical Properties of GRCop-42 Deposited Via Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition using Infra-red Light and Green Laser Sources | Completed | 3 | Materials for Extreme Environments | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Tailored Diamond-Like Coating (DLC) for Dust Mitigation | Completed | 4 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Digitally and Swarm Robotics Enabled In-space Welding Monitoring and Characterization | Completed | 4 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Integrated Miniature DBR Laser Module for Lidar Instruments | Completed | 5 | Environment Sensors | Photodigm, Inc. |
| Lunar Access Network Supporting 5G and Beyond | Completed | 3 | Flight and Ground Systems | MTI Systems, Inc. |
| Smallsat Swarm Sparse Aperture SAR for Recon and Surveillance (SSSASAfRaS) | Completed | 4 | Learning and Adaptation | VisSidus Technologies, Inc. |
| Compact, Efficient, and Reliable Ventilation Fan for EVA Suits | Completed | 6 | Portable Life Support System | Creare, LLC |
| Optical Vortex Phase Mask Development and Testing | Active | — | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | California Institute of Technology |
| Carbon Dioxide Removal by Ionic Liquid System for Mobility (CDRILS-M) | Completed | 2 | Portable Life Support System | Johnson Space Center |
| Advanced Memory Study | Completed | — | — | — |
| Advanced TPS Materials | Completed | — | — | — |
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