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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21,176 projects harvested so far — page 412 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
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| Advancing SERS: Next-Level Organic Detection for Life Missions | Completed | 1 | Sensors and Instruments | Ames Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Motorless Array Deployment (MAD) Energy | Completed | 3 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Langley Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| High performance polymer for dust tolerant extreme environment bearings | Completed | 4 | Exploration Destination Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Innovative Design Solutions Enabling Refractory Materials for Detonation Engines | Completed | 6 | Propulsion Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Adaptive Sampling LIDAR for High Speed, High Resolution Hazard Detection | Completed | 2 | Entry, Descent, and Landing | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Lunar Inter-Spacecraft Optical Communicator | Completed | 3 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Hybrid Manufacturing Process of Loop Heat Pipe Evaporator | Completed | 4 | Thermal Management Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Avian Collision Mitigation: A Predictive Advanced Air Mobility Guidance App for Enhanced Aviation Safety | Completed | 1 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Langley Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Vacuum-Regenerable Trace Contaminant Control for Exploration Portable Life Support System | Completed | 5 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Emergent-to-Legacy Automated Voice Comms for Airspace Safety | Completed | 5 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Airborne High-Dynamic Range Anamorphic Hyperspectral Imager | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Quiet Fan for Spacecraft Cabin Ventilation | Completed | 2 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Ultra-Efficient P/UHF Band Power Amplifiers | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Digital Airport Safety Twin | Completed | 1 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Modulator for Inertial Navigation | Completed | 1 | Sensors and Instruments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-08-20 | — |
| INAS Detectors for Infrared Astronomy | Completed | 4 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Full-Scale eVTOL Cabin Noise Measurements and Analysis | Completed | 2 | Flight Vehicle Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Coprocessors for Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Completed | 3 | Flight Computing and Avionics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Weather Integrated Network Design Software | Completed | 4 | Ground, Test, and Surface Systems | NASA Headquarters | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Non-Intrusive, Distributed Gas Sensing Technology for Advanced Spacesuits | Completed | 9 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| 6 Meter Antenna and Boom System for CubeSats | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Automated Carbon Formation Reactor | Completed | 5 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety - Dual Monitor (ARMAS-DM) | Completed | 8 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Electrochemical Production of Polyethylene from Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide | Completed | 2 | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Glenn Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Dynamic Power Conversion | Completed | 2 | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Glenn Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Optical Communication Array Transceiver | Completed | 4 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| High-Emissivity CVD Dendritic Rhenium Coatings for NEP Radiator Panels, Phase II | Completed | 3 | Propulsion Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| In-space production of dacarbazine loaded nanofibers for cancer treatment | Completed | 2 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Integrated Flight Control Design and Multidisciplinary Optimization | Completed | 3 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Enhanced System-Level Single Event Effects for Space Weather Operations | Completed | 2 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Space Weather Forecasting Toolset to Support Operations | Completed | 5 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Less Iron and More Switches Increase Range | Completed | 4 | Propulsion Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Spiking Neuromorphic Hardware Accelerator with ReRAM | Completed | 1 | Flight Computing and Avionics | Ames Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Using MISSE-FF to Determine the Effect of the Space Environment on Advanced Thermal Protection Coatings | Completed | 6 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Radiation Hardened Power Efficient Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIML) Processor | Completed | 2 | Flight Computing and Avionics | Ames Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Robotic Arm Force Torque Sensing System (RAFTSS) | Completed | 5 | Robotic Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Surface Finish Improvement in MEMS Deformable Mirrors for High Contrast Imaging | Completed | 4 | Sensors and Instruments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Polymer Barrier, Protection and Cleaning for UVOIR and X-Ray Mirrors | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Architecture for Space Trusted Responsive Autonomy (ASTRA) | Completed | 2 | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Fail-safe Cold Cathode Ionizer | Completed | 6 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Efficient ErYAG Amplifier for Water Vapor DIAL | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Langley Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Compact Power Amplifier for Hybrid Fiber/Bulk Wind Lidar Transmitters | Completed | 6 | Sensors and Instruments | Langley Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| High Capacity RCA Sorbents for Increased Cycle Times | Completed | 4 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Foundation Design and Seismic Protection of Lunar Infrastructure Utilizing Bulk Regolith | Completed | 1 | Exploration Destination Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Automated VuLnerability Assessment and Risk Mitigation for Future Aviation Systems Safety, ALARM | Completed | 3 | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Monitoring and Advisory System for Solenoid Operated Valves | Completed | 4 | Ground, Test, and Surface Systems | Stennis Space Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Ultralight Dewar Phase II | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Lunatone | Completed | 2 | Robotic Systems | Langley Research Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Estimating Groundwater Dynamics from Artificial Intelligence and InSAR | Completed | 5 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-08-20 | — |
| Low-Power 28GHz Selective Spectrometer | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-20 | — |
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