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 369 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microgravity Demonstration of Two-Phase Pumped Loop Technology for Spacecraft Thermal Management | Completed | 6 | Heat Transport | Creare, LLC |
| Slam Stick test on SpinLaunch | Completed | 4 | Other Flight Vehicle Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| NASA ODME Advanced Toolplate | Completed | 4 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| CC23 Positive Connections | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Condensate Separator for Microgravity Conditions (COSMIC): Humidity Control for Spaceflight Missions | Completed | 5 | Water Recovery and Management | Paragon Space Development Corporation |
| Fluidic Telescope Experiment (FLUTE) | Completed | 6 | Optical Components | Ames Research Center |
| Enabling Technology for Thermal Protection on HIAD and Other Hypersonic Missions | Completed | 6 | Thermal Protection Systems | HeetShield, Inc. |
| Material Flammability in Lunar Gravity | Completed | 6 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | Glenn Research Center |
| 3D printing of flexible electronics for in-space manufacturing and investigations via microgravity parabolic flight tests | Completed | 6 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Iowa State University |
| Microgreens Root Zone/Shoot Zone Partitioned Planting Box | Completed | 6 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center |
| Capturing Human Adaptations in Novel Gravitational Environments in Space (CHANGES) (CHANGES) | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | University of California-Davis |
| Plasma Jet Printing for In Space Manufacturing | Completed | 6 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Space Foundry, Inc. |
| Microgravity Test of Autonomous Multiple Cycle Farming System | Completed | 6 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Developing autonomous hardware for use on suborbital flight to evaluate the impacts of launch and landing on Candida albicans adaptation to spaceflight | Completed | 7 | Long-Duration Health | Montana State University - Bozeman |
| Electrophysiology Recording of Neuronal Networks During Suborbital Spaceflight | Completed | 7 | Long-Duration Health | IMEC USA Nanoelectronics Design Center Inc |
| Integrating Microgravity Medical Suction and Microgravity Surgical Facility | Completed | 6 | Transformative Health and Performance Concepts | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Thermal Transport Characterization of Phase-Change Material (PCM) Infused in Annular Passage Filled with Additively Manufactured Metal Foam Obtained Through Octet-Shaped Unit Cell Reticulation Under Micro-gravity Conditions | Completed | 4 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Mississippi State University |
| Preparations for a Suborbital Evaluation of a Human Tended Surgical Fluid Management System | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | University of Louisville |
| Vapor Compression Refrigeration System for Cold Food Storage on Spacecraft | Completed | 6 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Air Squared, Inc. |
| SPYDER | Completed | 8 | Other Flight Vehicle Systems | UP Aerospace, Inc |
| Psionic Navigation Doppler LIDAR: Precision Navigation Sensor for Lunar Missions | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Psionic, LLC |
| Intrepid Particle Detector | Completed | 6 | Space Weather Prediction | Ames Research Center |
| Orbital Syngas Commodity Augmentation Reactor (OSCAR) | Completed | 6 | Waste Management | Kennedy Space Center |
| Parabolic Flight Test of the Microgravity Tolerant InsTrument for Automated Nucleic acid extraction (uTitan) | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Silicon-based Microfluidic Blood Test for Spaceflight | Completed | 5 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | IMEC USA Nanoelectronics Design Center Inc |
| Transport Properties of Fluids for Exploration | Completed | 6 | Thermal Control Analysis | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| CC23 Super-Heavy Logistics Transport for the Moon and Mars | Completed | 3 | Logistics Management | Johnson Space Center |
| 3D Printing of Hierarchical Foams in Microgravity | Completed | 6 | Manufacturing Processes | West Virginia University |
| Navigation Doppler Lidar Sensor Demonstration for Precision Landing on Solar System Bodies | Completed | 6 | Touchdown Systems | Langley Research Center |
| Low-Cost Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle (sRLV) Surrogate to test Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) | Completed | 4 | Aeroacoustics | Near Space Corporation |
| Suborbital Flight Environment Monitor (SFEM) Testing | Completed | 9 | Environment Sensors | Ames Research Center |
| Electromagnetic Field Measurements on sRLV | Completed | 7 | Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Microgravity Health Care | Completed | 8 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Henry Ford Health System |
| Environment monitoring suite on suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle (sRLV) (sRLV) | Completed | 8 | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Flight Testing of a Universal Access Tranceiver (UAT) Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Transmitter Prototype for Commercial Space Transportation Using Reusable Launch Vehicles | Completed | 6 | Environment Sensors | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach |
| Test of Satellite Communications Systems on-board Suborbital Platforms to Provide Low-Cost Data Communications for Research Payloads, Payload Operators, and Space Vehicle Operators | Completed | 6 | Quantum Communications | Solstar Space Company |
| Reduced Gravity Flight Demonstration of the Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System (RINGS) (RINGS) | Completed | 5 | Relative Navigation Sensors | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Planetary Atmosphere Minor Species Sensor (PAMSS) Testing | Completed | 6 | Environment Sensors | University of Central Florida |
| Suborbital Test of a Robotics-Based Method for In-Orbit Identification of Spacecraft Inertia Properties | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | New Mexico State University-Main Campus |
| Demonstration of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nano-tubes for Earth Climate Remote Sensing | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge | Canceled | 5 | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Autonomous Rover Navigation Enhancement | Active | — | — | — |
| Astronaut-Deployed Electrical Power System with Active Lunar Dust Mitigation | Completed | 6 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| JOEEE Hopping Cartwheeling Mobility Platform | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Intelligent Extensible Mission Architectures (IEMA) Verification and Validation (IEMA) | Completed | 6 | Engineering and Integrity | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Development of an Ion-Electron Plasma Spectrometer | Completed | 5 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Planetary Surface Navigational Autonomy through 3D Sensing | Completed | 4 | Surface Mobility | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Science S/C End-to-End ACS Testbed | Completed | 5 | GN&C Actuators for 6DOF Spacecraft Control During Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Planetary Trajectory Design Using Generative AI Tools | Completed | 4 | Trajectory Design and Analysis | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Acoustic Sensors In Situ Space Debris Detector | Completed | 4 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
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