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 372 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 Conversion Challenge | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Robotic, MEMS-based Multi Utility Sample Preparation Instrument for ISS Biological Workstation | Completed | 4 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Microsonic Systems Inc. |
| Investigation to Determine Rotational Stability of On-Orbit Propellant Storage and Transfer Systems Undergoing Operational Fuel Transfer Scenarios Testing | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Orbital Helix |
| VESPEr: Vapor Experiment for Space and Planetary Exploration | Completed | 1 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Langley Research Center |
| DiskSat (DiskSat) | Active | 5 | Advanced Commercial-off-the-Shelf Technologies | The Aerospace Corporation |
| Watts on the Moon - Phase 1 | Completed | 4 | Distribution and Transmission | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Passive Devices for Advanced Fluid Management aboard Spacecraft | Completed | 5 | Water Recovery and Management | IRPI, LLC |
| Reduced Gravity Measurements of Cryogenic Pool Boiling | Active | — | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Mudawar Thermal Systems Inc. |
| Advancement of Planetary Protection to Complete Biologic Inventory via Cryo-Electron Microscopy (EM) | Completed | 5 | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| LEAP - Legged Exploration Across the Plume | Completed | — | Robotic Systems | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| COARSE: Convex Optimization Based Autonomous Control for Asteroid Rendezvous and Sample Exploration | Completed | 4 | Execution and Control | Planetary Resources Development Corporation |
| Electronically Steerable Antennas with Panoramic Scan Field of View | Completed | 3 | Innovative Antennas | Krystal Engineering LLC |
| Radio Frequency Mass Gauging - Intuitive Machines Nova-C Mission (RFMG-IM) | Completed | 7 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Glenn Research Center |
| Room Temperature, Single-Photon Detection by Quantum Injection Locking | Completed | 3 | Revolutionary Communications Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Hydrogen Generator by Methane Pyrolysis with Carbon Capture | Completed | 4 | Waste Management | ORBITEC |
| AirCore Reusable InSitu Sampler for CO2 and Trace Gas Measurements | Completed | 7 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | KALSCOTT Engineering, Inc. |
| Deep Space Food Challenge - Phase 3 (DSFC) | Completed | 4 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Lunar Ice Processing (Ice-TP) | Completed | 5 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | OxEon Energy, LLC |
| Autonomous science with a collaborative multi-agent system using artificial intelligence | Completed | 1 | Learning and Adaptation | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Vulcan Software Defined DSN compatible radio (Vulcan) | Completed | 7 | Flight and Ground Systems | Vulcan Wireless |
| Characterizing and Controlling Thin-film Stresses as an Engineering Tool for Feature Modification in Next-generation Optics | Completed | 2 | Mirror Systems | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus |
| Robotic Assembly and Outfitting for NASA Missions | Completed | 3 | Robotic Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Multi-Agent Management System (MAMS) for Air-Launched, Unmanned Vehicles | Completed | 4 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | Area-I, Inc. |
| Ultrastable Microphotonic Clocks for a Cislunar Small Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Timekeeping and Time Distribution | California Institute of Technology |
| Real-time Incident Detection for Mission Operations and Science Data Systems | Completed | 2 | Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Remote Autonomous Plant Sensing for Space Exploration Enabled by Wearable Printed Electronics | Completed | 3 | Transformative Health and Performance Concepts | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| UAS Architecture for Distributed Sensing Operations | Completed | 4 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Emergent Space Technologies, LLC |
| Improving Lunar Map Resolution With AI | Completed | 3 | Destination Resource Exploration | Johnson Space Center |
| Non-invasive Detection of Liquid Propellant Location During Microgravity Transfer | Active | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Carthage College |
| Exploring Surface Properties through High-Fidelity Measurements | Active | 4 | Cryogenic Analysis, Safety, and Properties | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Luminescent Module Integrating Novel Analytes: A Computational Platform for Tunable Biomolecule Detection (LUMINA) | Completed | 2 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Ames Research Center |
| Site Preparation Tooling for Operations on Mobility Platforms (STOMP) | Completed | 2 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Kennedy Space Center |
| Serious Games for Team Training | Completed | 5 | Behavioral Health and Performance | Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. |
| Autonomous Multiagent Search-and-Image Tasking for Satellite Constellations | Active | 2 | Joint Knowledge and Understanding | University of Colorado Boulder |
| SWIFT-HPX - High Data Rate Ka-band Commications for Small Satellites | Completed | 4 | Spectrum Efficiency | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| Autonomous Distributed Mars Position; Navigation; and Timing | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Ames Research Center |
| A Novel System for Analyzing the Local State of the Environment Preceding Wildfires with the Goal to Develop Wildfire Predictors | Completed | 3 | Modeling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Efficient and Robust RFS-SLAM with Probabilistic Extended Feature Models | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Texas A & M University-College Station |
| Electro-Luminescently Cooled Zero-Boil-Off Propellant Depots Enabling Crewed Exploration of Mars | Completed | — | Other Propulsion Systems | — |
| Roll-Out De-Orbiting Device | Completed | 4 | Passive Reentry Systems for SmallSats | Composite Technology Development, Inc. |
| CubeSat High Impulse Propulsion System (CHIPS) | Completed | 4 | Cold Gas | CU Aerospace, LLC |
| MARS-C – Mars Atmospheric Reactor for Synthesis of Consumables | Active | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Let It Go (After Latching): Synchronized Antenna Deployment System | Completed | 3 | Structures and Antennas | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Seeing Sound - Image Analysis of the Lift-off Acoustic Field | Completed | 6 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Leaping Catch, LLC |
| Water vapor Infrared Sunlight Sounder with PICs (WISSP) | Completed | 2 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Langley Research Center |
| Life; Machine Learning; and the Search for Habitability | Completed | 2 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| BIG: Building Intelligent Gradients in additively manufactured space engine materials via a multiscale predictive framework | Completed | 2 | Manufacturing Processes | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| NASA MarsXR Challenge | Completed | 3 | Simulation-Based Training and Decision Support Systems | Johnson Space Center |
| Optical sensing techniques for monitoring the status and lifetime of exploration air filtration systems | Completed | 2 | Protective Clothing and Breathing Apparatuses | Glenn Research Center |
| ReachBot: Small Robot for Large Mobile Manipulation Tasks in Martian Cave Environments | Completed | 3 | Contact Dynamics Modeling | Stanford University |
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