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 167 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application of Gas Dynamic Cold Spray Processing for Joining of Shape Memory Alloy | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robot Learning and Autonomy with Reduced Supervision through Active Reward Design | Completed | 3 | Learning and Adaptation | University of California-Berkeley | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low Creep/Low Relaxation Materials for Deployable Structures, Year 1 | Completed | 2 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mach Effects for In Space Propulsion: Interstellar Mission | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Space Studies Institute | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Design, Test and Control of a Magnetorheological Universal Gripper for Use On-Orbit | Completed | 4 | Grappling Technologies | University of Maryland-College Park | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Rapid Prototyping of Active Microwave Metasurfaces by Inkjet Printing | Completed | 2 | Electronics | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Laser Analysis for Surface Preparation of Composite Bonded Joints | Completed | 4 | Design and Certification Methods | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low-Power Real-Time Planning for Robots in Uncertain Environments | Active | 2 | Execution and Control | Rice University | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Development of TWT 2nd Harmonic for Potential Use as Millimeter Wave Beacon | Completed | 3 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Astrobee | Completed | 7 | Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Sample Delivery System for Planetary Missions | Completed | 5 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Polar Propellant Mining Outpost (LPMO): A Breakthrough for Lunar Exploration & Industry | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Trans Astronautica Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Weather Hazard Alert and Awareness Technology Radiation Radiosonde (WHAATRR) Glider | Completed | 2 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| An Estimation Algorithm for Detecting and Reconstructing Optimal Maneuvers from Measurement Residuals | Completed | 3 | Onboard Attitude and Attitude Rate Estimation Algorithms | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Fluidic Architecture for Compact Electronic Systems | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optical Transmitter Terminal for Selective RF High Frequency Bans, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Optimetrics | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Rapid assessment of AM metal performance through dislocation physics and machine learning | Completed | 3 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mobility Evaluation of a Planetary Rover with Gyroscopic Force Redistribution Control | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | University of California-Berkeley | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Spacecraft Formation Flight by Smartphone Video Guidance Sensor (SVGS) | Completed | 4 | GN&C | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Breakthrough Distributed Power Architecture for In Situ Lunar Missions (BDPA) | Canceled | 6 | Distribution and Transmission | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhancing Sensitivity by Integrating a Custom Front End Electronics with Nanosensor Printed using 3D Printing Technique, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Surface Spectroscopy Center of Excellence | Completed | 3 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Pathway toward high-efficiency III-V/Si tandem solar cells | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Meteorologically Driven Dengue and Chikungunya Forecasts | Completed | 4 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultrafast Laser material processing, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Augmented Reality Electronic Procedures Development and Deep Machine Learning Technology Integration | Completed | 5 | Maintainability and Supportability | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Aerogel Scattering Materials for Control of Infrared Radiation | Completed | 2 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| MEMS for Space | Completed | 3 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Predictive modeling of chemical and structural failure of porous ablative materials | Completed | 4 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Electro-Magnetic Flow Control to Enable Natural Laminar Flow Wings Project | Completed | 3 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nonequilibrium Plasma Applications for Water Purification Supporting Human Spaceflight and Terrestrial Point-of-Use | Completed | 3 | Water Recovery and Management | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| In-Space Manufacturing of Astronaut Clothing | Completed | 3 | Habitation Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| In-Situ Consolidation of Triaxially Braided Thermoplastic Composites, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| InAs Schottky Diode Based Mixers for Submillimeter-wave Heterodyne Instruments, Year 2 | Completed | — | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Microorganisms that use carbon monoxide to reduce perchlorate at low pressure, high salinity, and low water activity: Applicability to bioremediation of a significant health risk for the exploration of Mars | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Technology Maturation and Flight Validation for Air Launched Liquid Rockets | Completed | 6 | — | Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Augmentation of Sensorimotor Adaptability Using Stochastic Resonance Technologies | Completed | 3 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Performance Quantum-Classical Hybrid Deep Generative Modeling Parameterized by Energy-based Models for Flight-Operations Anomaly Detection | Completed | 3 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Miniaturized Power Processing Unit Study: A Cubesat Electric Propulsion Technology Enabler | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Diagnostic Demonstration of Particle-Laden Jets | Completed | 5 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Novel Photobioreactor Development for Space Applications, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Compact Augmented Spark Impinging Igniters for Liquid Rocket Engines | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Vanderbilt University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Stitched Camera Array for Clearance Monitoring | Completed | 5 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advancing the State of the Art for RF GaN HEMT Radiation Hardness Assurance | Completed | 5 | Power Efficiency | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Affordable Reusable Extreme Temperature Structural Materials | Completed | — | Lightweight Concepts | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Plasma Activated Water from Gases for Resource Production | Completed | 3 | Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and Habitation Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Aerocapture System as an Enabling Technology for Ice Giants Missions | Completed | 4 | Architecture Design and Analysis | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Scaling the Power of the Astronaut via Workload-aware Robotic Apprenticeship and Explainable Autonomy | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Onboard Adaptive Safe Site Identification System, Year 1 (OASSIS) | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Diffractive Lightsails | Completed | 3 | Solar Sails | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
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