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 370 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developing the Machinery for in-situ Data-Driven Simulations | Completed | 3 | Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 3D Cloud Reconstruction in Multi-Angle Polarimetry with a Foundation Model | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| WFF 6 Port Ethernet Switch (WFFES-6) | Completed | 4 | High-Speed Onboard Interconnects and Networks | Wallops Flight Facility |
| Completing the Next Generation MUSTANG Processor | Completed | 3 | Flight Computing and Avionics | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Feasibility Study on Simultaneous Transmission of Higher Order Modulated Telemetry with PN Ranging | Completed | 3 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Photonic Radar Technology for Earth Science | Completed | 4 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Planetary Defense Potential Hazardous Object Mass Determinations | Completed | 3 | GN&C | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Orbital Lunar Lidar for Early Site Assessment and Hazard-Mapping | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| AI Enabled Curiosity Driven Earth Exploration | Completed | 5 | Robotic Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Rapid Search Algorithms for Multiple Gravity-Assist Trajectories | Completed | 4 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Design and Implementation Tools for Lunar Surface Regolith Structure Construction | Completed | 3 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Lunar Outpost, Inc. |
| A Reduced gravity Chilldown and Transfer Investigation using Cryogens (ARCTIC) | Canceled | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Glenn Research Center |
| Polar-Linear Displacement Torque Meter for Cryogenic Turbomachinery | Completed | 3 | Propulsion Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Sustained Stress Crack Growth Monitoring in Polymeric Structural Materials with Acoustic Emission | Completed | 3 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Additive Manufacturing ASCENT Propulsion Catalyst Beds | Completed | 4 | Propulsion Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Electron Beam Dust Mitigation Technology | Active | 4 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Space Dust Research & Technologies LLC |
| Sample Return Robot (SRR) | Completed | 6 | Robot Navigation and Path Planning | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Mars Ascent Vehicle II | Completed | 4 | Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Vascular Tissue Challenge | Completed | 4 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Ames Research Center |
| Improved Design of the VASIMR Radio Frequency Transmission Line | Completed | 5 | Heat Transport | Ad Astra Rocket Company |
| Add MCDC Analysis to the Open Source Gcov Tool | Completed | 8 | Avionics Performance, Reliability, and Fault-Tolerance Analysis and Modeling | Johnson Space Center |
| Building Scientific Machine Learning Foundation Models for LaRC SMD: showcases studies for active and passive radiative transfer simulations | Completed | 3 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Langley Research Center |
| Sample Return from the Surface of Venus | Completed | — | Other Propulsion Systems | — |
| Developing Cherenkov detector technology for a new SEP instrument | Completed | 2 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Advancing and Validating Galvanic Induced Disorientation Simulation Trainer (GIST) | Completed | 4 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Soterix Medical, Inc. |
| Deep Space Food Challenge - Phase 2 (DSFC) | Completed | 3 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| An Additively Manufactured Deployable Radiator with Oscillating Heat Pipes (AMDROHP) to Enable High Power Lunar CubeSats (AMDROHP) | Completed | 5 | Heat Rejection and Storage | California State University-Los Angeles |
| Robust Optimization of Electrospray Thrusters through Reduced-Fidelity Modeling and Rapid Prototyping | Completed | 2 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Break the Ice - Phase 2 | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Opportunistic Software Experiments for Spacecraft Autonomy Test-beds (OSE-SAT) | Completed | 3 | Adaptive Network Topology | Ames Research Center |
| Computationally Efficient and Scalable Optimization of Low-Thrust, Many-Revolution Trajectories in Multibody Dynamic Environments | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | The University of Texas at Austin |
| WARS Spyder / Thermal System Sensor | Active | 4 | Environment Sensors | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| LunaRecycle - Phase 1 (Luna) | Completed | 2 | Waste Management | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| A Scalable and QoS-Driven Cognitive Routing Capability for Lunar Delay-Tolerant Networks | Completed | 4 | Adaptive Network Topology | University of Houston |
| Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars Transfer | Completed | — | Atmosphere Revitalization | Georgia Tech Research Corporation |
| Flexible Low Cost Avionics for NanoSatellite Launch Vehicle Control and GPS Metric Tracking | Completed | 4 | Flexible Material Systems | Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. |
| High-Sensitivity Temperature Sensing using Holey Silicon-Based Thermopiles | Active | 2 | Cryogenic/Thermal Systems | University of California-Irvine |
| Development of cryogenic propellant storage tank inner surface coating for elimination of cryogen boiloff in reduced gravity | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | University of Florida |
| Safe and Informative Navigation of Unmapped Terrain using Neural Radiance Fields | Active | 2 | Robot Navigation and Path Planning | Stanford University |
| Integrated Testbed for Environmental Analysis of NextGen Concepts using ACES | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Intelligent Automation, Inc. |
| Highly Extendable Vine Robots for Planetary Exploration and Sampling | Active | 2 | Surface Mobility | Harvard University |
| Characterization of Lithium-Ion battery cycling through the freeze-thaw process | Completed | 2 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | University of California-Santa Barbara |
| AVA in flight | Completed | 6 | Spacecraft Command and Data Handling Systems | Ames Research Center |
| A Real-Time Fault Management Software System for Distributed Environments | Completed | 5 | Navigation Sensors | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VIRTUAL ORG |
| “Disruptive Filter Technology for Spacecraft Water Treatment: The New Promise of Graphene” | Completed | 3 | Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center |
| Solar White Wrap | Completed | 4 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Kennedy Space Center |
| Probabilistic Generative Terrain Mapping for Planetary Rovers | Completed | 2 | Robot Navigation and Path Planning | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Solar System Angular Momentum Effect on Solar Activity | Completed | 3 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories | Completed | — | Mirror Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Novel dual quaternion based model and control for gravity recovery missions | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach |
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