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 160 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-Situ Production of Cementitious Material from Martian Resources, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prototype Application of Portable Augmented Reality Technology for Enhancement of Space and Planetary Exploration Project | Completed | 6 | Human-System Performance Modeling | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Integration of an Autonomous Control System Into the Flow Survey Probe | Completed | — | Aerodynamics | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Direct-Write Printing on 3-Dimensional Geometries for Miniaturized Detector and Electronic Assemblies, Year 3 | Completed | 4 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Plasma Treatment to Enhance Fuel Cell Water Management Project | Completed | 2 | Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Hydrogen Plasma Reduction of Lunar Regolith for Oxygen Liberation | Completed | — | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation-based Countermeasure to Motion Sickness in Astronauts | Completed | 3 | Prevention and Countermeasures | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Sensing with Independent Micro-swimmers (SWIM) | Completed | 2 | Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Charged Particle Dynamics in the Lunar Environment | Completed | — | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| VLWIR nBn Detectors Based on InAsSb Metamorphic Superlattices, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Embedded and Distributed Machine Learning for Prognostics Monitoring | Completed | 4 | Operations, Health, and Maintenance for Ground and Surface Systems | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| SuperSpec: A Revolutionary New Spectrometer for Submillimeter Astronomy | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Diffractionless Beamed Propulsion for Breakthrough Interstellar Missions (PROCSIMA) | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (LSMES) | Completed | 3 | Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Manifolds for Improved Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Performance | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modular Portable Life Support System (PLSS) to Increase EVA Mobility and Reduce Consumables | Completed | 3 | Portable Life Support System | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| MHD Augmented Aerocapture System to Enable Flagship Class Missions to Ice Giants | Completed | 4 | Entry, Descent, and Landing | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| EDL Flight Concepts | Completed | 6 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Design of an Electric Field Instrument to Characterize Millimeter-Scale Orbital Debris via Plasma Solitons | Completed | 3 | Orbital Debris Tracking | University of Maryland-College Park | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Predictive Material Modeling (PMM) | Completed | 6 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling of Intumescent Ablators | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Systems | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Machine Learning Applications for Spacecraft Mission Design in Complex Environments | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Weld-ASSIST: Weldability Assessment for In-Space Conditions using a Digital Twin | Active | — | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | University of Illinois Chicago | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhancement of Nanosat Launch Vehicle Booster Main Engine Using 3D Additive Manufacturing Techniques | Completed | 6 | — | Vector Space Systems | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultra-Stable Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Astrophysical Observations | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Active Elastic Skins for Soft Robotics | Completed | 3 | Flexible Material Systems | Yale University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| DLR's COMARS+ sensor suite for New Frontiers-4 and Discovery Competed Missions | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Supporting Early Mission Concept Evaluation through Natural Language Processing | Completed | 3 | Collaborative Science and Engineering | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Purification of Lunar Cold-trapped Volatiles - FY18 | Completed | 3 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Collapsible Space Telescope (CST) for Nanosatellite Imaging and Observation, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| DEEP IN Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Strained-Layer Superlattice (SLS) IR Detector Camera | Completed | 5 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| STARS: Spectroscopy Towards occultation for Atmospheric Remote Sensing | Completed | — | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Safe Haven Seedling Study (LSH) | Completed | 2 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Spyder: A Dedicated CubeSat Launcher Project | Completed | 6 | — | UP Aerospace, Inc | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nanofabrication of High Temperature Superconducting Josephson THz Mixers, Year 2 | Completed | — | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Interference Tolerant Functional Near Infrared Spectrometer (fNIRS) for Cognitive State Monitoring | Completed | 3 | Cognitive Networking | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Understanding and Mitigating Scale Formation on Membranes Used for Membrane Distillation of Wastewater During Space Travel | Completed | 3 | Water Recovery and Management | Rice University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE) | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low Cost, Low Noise, High Voltage Pulser-Driver for Spaceborne Electro-Optics for Earth and Planetart Remote Sensing | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Cryospheric Rydberg Radar | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Quantum-cascade metasurfaces for THz semiconductor lasers and amplifiers | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Deep Space Autonomous Servicing | Completed | — | Learning and Adaptation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Portable flow inferencing device using Fourier Ptychography and Deep Learning for detection of biosignatures | Completed | — | Electronics | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Infrastructure Construction using Mars Resources in support of a Safe Initial Human Mars Settlement | Completed | 2 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Improvements to Multi-shooting Differential Dynamic Programming for Cislunar Applications | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Plasmonic structured color filters for hyperspectral detection | Completed | — | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low Divergence Hall Effect Thruster to Simplify Spacecraft Integration | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Interferometric Optical Filter at 532 nm for Improved Atmospheric and Ocean Measurements with HSRL | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Princeton Satellite Systems | 2025-12-18 | — |
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