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 153 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onboard Autonomous Trajectory Planner | Completed | — | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Altitude Compensating Nozzles Project | Completed | 4 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Floating Slosh Dampers for Propellant Tanks - FY18 | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Design and Optimization of Space System Architectures: Applying and Extracting Lessons Learned | Completed | 3 | Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design | Cornell University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Grating Technology for High-Resolution Spectrometers Using Nanofabrication Techniques | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Breathing Mars Air: Stationary and Portable O2 Generation | Completed | 2 | In Situ Resource Use | Arizona State University-Tempe | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low-Cost SmallSats to Explore to Our Solar System's Boundaries | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Novel Solid Electrolyte for Safe and High-Capacity Battery with Internal Thermal Management Capability | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Shape Transforming Weather-Tolerant UAS | Completed | 6 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Drill-Integrated Gamma Ray/Neutron Detector for Solar System Exploration | Completed | 4 | Destination Resource Exploration | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| An Investigation of Mechanisms in Bonding and Failure of Thermal Spray Coatings | Completed | 3 | Coatings | University of Houston | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Operating-Temperature Robot (HOTBot): Concept Demonstration | Completed | 3 | Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Terahertz Phase Shifters for Electronic Steering of Radars and Radiometers, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| The High Étendue Multiple Object Spectrographic Telescope (THE MOST) | Completed | 2 | Structures and Antennas | 3DeWitt LLC | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Europa Kinetic Ice Penetrator (EKIP) | Completed | 4 | Touchdown Systems | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Ablation Kinetics | Completed | 4 | Thermal Protection Systems | University of Vermont | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Anti-seize, Radiation-resistant, Ultralight Joints and Trusses for In-Space Robotics and Assembly in Extreme Space Environment | Completed | — | Materials for Extreme Environments | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Decontamination Procedures for Non-Aqueous Life Detection Microfluidic Systems | Completed | 3 | Advanced Electronic Parts | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Raman Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Assessment of Dermal Carotenoids as a Biomarker for Nutritional Status | Completed | 5 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Traveler/MAPS Stereo Vision Integration | Completed | 5 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Lithography to Maximize Performance of Wafer-thin Integrated Photonic Spectrographs, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Experimental Investigation and Chemical Modeling of Thruster Plumes for Planetary Landers | Active | 2 | Propulsion Systems for Landing | University of Central Florida | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Novel Material Systems and Methodologies for Transient Thermal Management, Year 2 (RPT & CIF) | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Aftshell Radiative Heating During Planetary Entry | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mitigating Aerospace Vehicle Communication Blackout by an Experimental Demonstration of ‘Magnetic Windows’ | Completed | 5 | Launch and Reentry Communications | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Accessing Icy World Oceans Using Lattice Confinement Fusion Fast Fission | Completed | 2 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| E-Glider: Active Electrostatic Flight for Airless Body Exploration | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Study of Micro/Nano Scale EHD-Driven Flow Distribution Control and Heat Transfer Enhancement for Thermal Control Systems | Completed | 3 | Heat Transport | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Damage-Tolerant, Lightweight, High-Temperature Radiator for Nuclear Powered Spacecraft, Year 2 | Completed | 2 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Navigation and Multi-Modal Path Planning in Lunar Craters Using a Modular Snake-like Robot | Completed | 2 | Surface Mobility | Northeastern University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Developing x-ray laboratory astrophysics capability with a portable miniature permanent magnet EBIT | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robotic Deposition Technology (RDT-ACO ) | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Using Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Microscale Geometry for Enhanced Thermionic Energy Conversion in Space Applications | Completed | 3 | Static Energy Conversion | University of Notre Dame | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Spike Ejector Technology | Completed | 3 | Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Propellant and Terrestrial Fuel Production from Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Green Energy for the Red and Blue Planets | Completed | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| End-to-End Mission Design & Trajectory Optimization Year 2 of 3 | Completed | 4 | Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Brane Craft | Completed | 3 | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | The Aerospace Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| SPYDER Technology GNC AVA Development | Completed | 7 | GN&C System Architectures, Requirements, and Specifications | UP Aerospace, Inc | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Computational Modeling of Ablative Materials: Application to Phenolic Pyrolysis | Completed | 2 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| TitanAir: Leading-Edge Liquid Collection to Enable Cutting-Edge Science | Completed | — | Sample Handling | Planet Enterprises | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Structural Health Monitoring of Flight Structures, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| An RFID-Enabled Sensor Interface for the EV Modular Instrumentation System | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Flexible, Lightweight Quantum Dot Solar Cells Using Plasmonic-Enhanced Light Absorption | Completed | 3 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Soil Conditioning Device for ISRU Preparation and Excavation Tools | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Extended Reality Displays for Electric Powertrain Digital Twins | Completed | 5 | Model-Based Systems Engineering | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ink-jet printable infrared detectors for in-space deployment | Completed | 3 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | University of Miami | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Verifiable Plans for Spacecraft Autonomy | Completed | 3 | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-speed multiphase flow in plume-surface interaction | Completed | 3 | Propulsion Systems for Landing | Johns Hopkins University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Cryo Fluid Technologies (CFT) | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
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