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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21,172 projects harvested so far — page 94 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Plant/Animal Habitat (IPAH), Phase I | Completed | — | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| A Nonlinear Model for Designing Herschel-Quincke Waveguide Arrays to Attenuate Shock Waves from Transonic Turbofan Engines, Phase I | Completed | — | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | Langley Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| A New Class of Deep-Sea Vehicles for Sample Collection, Phase II | Completed | — | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Ames Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Advanced Solid State Lighting for AES Deep Space Hab | Completed | 5 | Habitation Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Heatshield Ablation Pattern Roughness Onset and Effects, Phase I | Completed | — | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Long Wave Mid-Infrared Source for Trace Gas Sensing, Phase I | Completed | — | Lasers | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Zero-Venting Regenerable Lightweight Heat Absorber for EVA Suits, Phase II | Completed | — | Electrothermal Propulsion | Johnson Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Vacuum-Compatible Multi-Axis Manipulator/Machining Center for Long-Duration Space Missions, Phase II | Completed | — | Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors | Johnson Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Multi-Temporal vs. Hyper-Spectral Imaging for Future Land Imaging at 30 m | Completed | — | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Cryogenic MEMS Pressure Sensor, Phase I | Completed | — | Cryogenic/Thermal Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Novel Color Depth Mapping Imaging Sensor System, Phase I | Completed | — | Relative Navigation Sensors | Langley Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| User Centric Data Acquisition and Delivery Sytems for Precision Ag, Phase I | Completed | — | Intelligent Data Understanding | Stennis Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Coordinated Mobile Manipulation for Robotics Material Handling, Phase I | Completed | — | Grappling Technologies | Johnson Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Wiki-Based Data and Information Integration (WikiDI2) System, Phase I | Completed | — | Science, Engineering, and Mission Data Life Cycle | Ames Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Silicon Lighweight Mirrors (SLMs) for UV and Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Mirrors, Phase I | Completed | — | Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Data Description Exchange Services for Heterogeneous Vehicle and Spaceport Control and Monitor Systems, Phase II | Completed | — | Traffic Management Concepts | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Novel Manufacturing Process for Unique Mixed Carbide Refractory Composites, Phase I | Completed | — | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Miniature Flow Cytometer and Cell Sorter for Use in Low Gravity, Phase II | Completed | — | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Ames Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| A Compact, Efficient Pyrolysis/Oxidation System for Solid Waste Resource Recovery in Space, Phase I | Completed | — | Logistics Management | Ames Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Computer Aided Design Tools for Extreme Environment Electronics, Phase I | Completed | — | Space Radiation Analysis and Modeling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Microwave-Assisted Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes and Reactive Synthesis of Nanocomposites, Phase I | Completed | — | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | Johnson Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Powder Handling Device for X-ray Diffraction Analysis with Minimal Sample Preparation, Phase II | Completed | — | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Ames Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| High-Performance Carbon Nanotube-Based Composites, Phase II | Completed | — | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Johnson Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Active Control of Rotor-Lock Noise in Turbofan Engines, Phase I | Completed | — | Aeroacoustics | Glenn Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| A Novel Technology for Simultaneous TOC Reduction and Biofouling Prevention, Phase I | Completed | — | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Integral Radiators for Next Generation Thermal Control Systems, Phase II | Completed | — | Heat Rejection and Storage | Johnson Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Highly Efficient, Compact, Wavelength Converters for Pulsed and CW Laser Sources Used in Lidar-Based Remote Sensing and Ranging Systems, Phase II | Completed | — | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Refractory Open-Cell Foam Fuel for High-Efficiency Nuclear Space Propulsion, Phase II | Completed | — | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Heated Thermoplastic Fiber Placement Head for NASA Langley Research Center, Phase I | Completed | — | Thermal Protection Systems | Langley Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Holographic Optical Element-Based Laser Diode Source, Phase I | Completed | — | Lasers | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| A Stable, Extreme Temperature, High Radiation, Compact. Low Power Clock Oscillator for Space, Geothermal, Down-Hole & other High Reliability Applications, Phase I | Completed | — | Space Radiation Analysis and Modeling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube/Polyethylene Complex Composites for Space Radiation Shielding, Phase I | Completed | — | Lightweight Structural Materials | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Compact Tunable High-Efficiency Entangled Photon Source, Phase I | Completed | — | Quantum Communications | Glenn Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Refractory Open-Cell Foam Fuel Matrix for High-Efficiency Nuclear Space Propulsion Systems, Phase I | Completed | — | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Magnesium Diboride Superconducting Coils for Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerators (ADR's), Phase I | Completed | — | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Miniature Loop Heat Pipe with Multiple Evaporators and Multiple Condensers, Phase II | Completed | — | Heat Transport | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Active/Adaptive Flexible Motion Controls with Aeroservoelastic System Uncertainties | Completed | — | Aeroelasticity | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| The Affordable Pre-Finishing of Silicon Carbide for Optical Applications, Phase I | Completed | — | Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Building a Rangeland Decision Support System: Linking Ranges Products with DNDC, Phase I | Completed | — | Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis | Stennis Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Software Defined Common Processing System (SDCPS), Phase I | Completed | — | Logistics Management | Glenn Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Microphone Array Signal Processing and Active Noise Control for the In-Helmet Speech Communication, Phase II | Completed | — | Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| AlInGaN-Based Superlattice Terahertz Source, Phase I | Completed | — | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Damage Tolerant Sandwich Composite Structures for Turbine Engine Components, Phase I | Completed | — | Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations | Glenn Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Cool-Wall Vortex Combustion Chamber (CWVCC), Phase II | Completed | — | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Sensor Area Network for Integrated Systems Health Management, Phase I | Completed | — | Offline Element Processing | Stennis Space Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Computational Aeroacoustics Using the Generalized Lattice Boltzmann Equation, Phase II | Completed | — | Aeroacoustics | Langley Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| Low Cost, Vacuum Packaging of GN&C Sensors, Phase I | Completed | — | Navigation Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| An Advanced Open-Source Aircraft Design Platform for Personal Air Vehicle Geometry, Aerodynamics, and Structures, Phase I | Completed | — | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | Langley Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| High Efficiency, High Mass Specific Power Two-Terminal Solar Cells, Phase I | Completed | — | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Glenn Research Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
| High Performance Hybrid RANS-LES Simulation Framework for Turbulent Combusting Flows, Phase I | Completed | — | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-01-27 | — |
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