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 162 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Compact, Low Power Pulsed Optical Communication System for Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Lasers | University of Florida | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Framework for Preventing and Recovering from Cascading Failure Events for Space-Based DC Power Systems | Completed | 3 | Management and Control | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Lightweight, Radiation- and Damage-Tolerant Micro-trusses | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Fidelity Modeling of Plume-Induced Soil Erosion During Lunar and Planetary Landing | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Millimeter-Wave Compact and Low-Loss Acoustic X-Ka Band Filters Using Piezoelectric Thin Films | Active | 2 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNT) | Completed | 6 | — | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Innovative Concept for Venus Surface Cooling System Using Atmospheric Reformation | Completed | 2 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Operational Temperature MWIR Detectors with Optical Concentrators, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Real-time optimal guidance via the Theory of Functional Connections | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Cryogenic Selective Surfaces | Completed | 3 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Kinetic Inductance Coatings for Astrophysical Detector Systems | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Application of Non-Contact Strain and Temperature Mapping Measurement Technique during the Extreme Temperature Ground Testing of Hot-Structures to be used in Hypersonic and Space Technology | Completed | — | Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Control of Variability in the Performance of Selective Laser Melting (SLM) Parts through Microstructure Control and Design | Completed | 4 | Manufacturing Processes | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Upper-Atmospheric Space and Earth Weather Experiment Element, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultra Low Temperature Electronics (ULTE) | Completed | 5 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Characterizing Biological Closed-Loop Life Support Systems for Thermal Control and Revitalization of Spacecraft Cabin Environments | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Triton Hopper: Exploring Neptune's Captured Kuiper Belt Object | Completed | 3 | Robotic Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Numerical Evaluation of Entry System Trajectory Control via Active Porosity Control of Transpiration Cooled Thermal Protection System | Completed | 2 | Hypersonic Decelerators | University of Central Florida | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Chip-Scale Precision Timing Unit for PicoSatellites | Completed | 3 | Timekeeping and Time Distribution | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Design and Fabrication of Aerospace-Grade Digital Composite Materials | Completed | 3 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Sky Based Background Oriented Schlieren for Flight Test, Year 1 | Completed | — | Ground and Flight Test Technologies | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mars Micro-Mapping Mineralogical Spectrometer, Year 2 (MMMS) | Completed | 6 | Optical Components | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| LunarCam (LunarCam) | Canceled | 5 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Instrumentation for ice crystal measurements | Completed | 2 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Visible-Light-Responsive Catalyst Development for VOC Remediation, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Large Payload HIAD Systems: Structural Investigation and Optimization | Completed | 3 | Hypersonic Decelerators | University of Maine | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Replicated Thin Active Mirrors (GSFC) | Completed | 3 | Mirror Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Digital μMirror Device (DMD) Pointing Spectrometer, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Deployable Thermoelectric Metamaterial Energy Harvesting Monitoring System | Completed | 3 | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nuclear Thermal Rocket and Arc Jet Integrated System Modeling | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Multifunctional Microfluids | Completed | — | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Low G Ideal Integrating Bolometer, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prediction of Microstructure Evolution in DMLM processed Inconel 718 with Part Scale Simulation | Completed | 4 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and Transceiver (LISA-T) | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dynamic Soaring Control Algorithm Study | Completed | 3 | Modeling and Simulation for Flight | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-fidelity laser-based imaging of mixing effects on rotating detonation combustion for space propulsion | Completed | 3 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Light Bender (LightBend) | Completed | 3 | Power Generation and Energy Conversion | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low-Power, Large-Area Space Radiation Detector | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Adapting RNAseq sample preparation for ISS | Completed | 3 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Synthesizing Flight Software (FSW) Discrete Controllers from Formal Specifications | Completed | 3 | Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Cellular Material Assembly | Completed | 3 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dual Use Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Array for Lunar ISRU Generation of Power and Fuel | Completed | 2 | Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Micro-scale Plasma Arc Gasification, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Waste Management | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prototype Microscale Electrohydrodynamic Based Thermal Control Hardware | Completed | 3 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Combined Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics Approach for Quantifying Catalytic Energies in a Liquid Environment | Completed | 3 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | Clemson University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling Sub-500MHz Space-Borne Radar Signal Propagation in Complex Media | Completed | 3 | Science Modeling | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Single-event Drag Modulated Aerocapture at Venus for a Small Satellite Science Mission, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Predicting deformation and cracking as a function of additive manufacturing process parameters, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| PERIapsis Subsurface Cave Optical Explorer (PERISCOPE) | Completed | 2 | Hybrid Electric Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Micro-Concentrator Photovoltaics for Extreme Space Environments | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
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