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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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 174 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbothermal Reactor Risk Reduction Testing and Analytical Model Development (CR3-SBIR PH3) | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Sierra Nevada Corporation |
| Explicable Planning and Replanning for Human-in-the-loop Decision Support | Completed | 4 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Arizona State University-Tempe |
| High-Efficiency Solid Oxide Fuel Cell / Turbogenerator Hybrid Electric Propulsion System | Completed | 4 | Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells | — |
| Metabolic Cost Approach to Characterizing Advanced Spacesuit Mobility | Completed | 4 | Surface Mobility | Johnson Space Center |
| Resilient Independent Propulsive ControlledOn-orbit Recovery Device (RIPCORD) | Completed | 6 | Passive Reentry Systems for SmallSats | — |
| Fast multilevel multi-phase CFD-nodal model for cryogenic applications | Completed | 4 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Florida State University |
| Low mass, low power, non-mechanical excavation of gypsum and other evaporites for water production on Mars | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Michigan Technological University |
| Software Architecture and Operations Infrastructure Testbed for V&V of Autonomous Systems | Completed | 3 | Engineering and Integrity | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Image-Based Relative Navigation for Autonomous Space Exploration | Active | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Next-Generation Mars Network Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) for Future Robotic and Human Explorers | Completed | 3 | Network-Provided Position, Navigation, and Timing | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| PIAA-Vortex Coronagraph: Towards the Next Level of Performance for Exoplanet Imaging | Completed | 2 | Optical Components | Ames Research Center |
| Low hysteresis shape memory alloys for mechanical actuation and thermal management systems | Active | 2 | Lightweight Structural Materials | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Advancing Next Generation Microshutter Arrays for Future Astronomical Space-Based Observatories | Completed | 5 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Modeling the In-Space Manufacturing of Large, Lightweight Structures with Robotic Deformation Processing | Active | 2 | Manufacturing Processes | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Large-Area, High-Efficiency Diffractive Optics for Solar Imaging, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| High Mobility, High Life Wheels for Mars | Completed | 4 | — | Glenn Research Center |
| Examination of In-Depth Pyrolytic Coking Effects on Porous Carbon Preform Material | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Ultralight Lattice-based Materials for Multifunctional Space Structures | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | University of Virginia-Main Campus |
| Tactile Communications | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| EDL Architecture Study | Completed | — | Architecture Design and Analysis | Langley Research Center |
| Next Generation Life Support (NGLS): High Performance EVA Glove Technology Development (HPEG) | Completed | 4 | Logistics Management | Johnson Space Center |
| Continuum-Kinetic Hybrid Framework for Chemically Reacting Flows | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Triton Hopper: Exploring Neptune's Captured Kuiper Belt Object | Completed | 3 | Electrothermal Propulsion | Glenn Research Center |
| SonicSonde: Instrumentation for a Tethered Atmospheric Sensor Suite System, Year 1 (SonicSonde) | Completed | — | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
| Development of Optics and Detectors for Advanced CMB Polarization Measurements | Completed | 3 | Mirror Systems | Cornell University |
| Space-Borne Ultra Low Noise Clock | Completed | 4 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| RNCP: A Resilient Networking and Computing Paradigm for NASA Space Exploration | Completed | 3 | Integrated Flight Operations Systems | Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Optimizing Experiments for Characterizing Pressure Related Facility Effects on High-Power Hall Thruster Testing | Completed | 2 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Compact Termination for Structural Soft-goods | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center |
| Characterization of a Green Solid Electric Propellant for Electric Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Solids | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| Quantum Networking and Sensing using a Diamond Nanophotonic Circuit | Completed | 3 | Quantum Communications | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| An ultracompact opto-electro-fluidic system for preconcentration and separation of chiral molecules in in-situ life detection | Completed | 3 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | The University of Texas at Austin |
| High Efficiency, Deployable Solar Cells | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Johnson Space Center |
| Traumatic Brain Injury Validation Study | Completed | 3 | — | Ames Research Center |
| Nanostructured Photovoltaics for Space Power | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Novel Fission Power Source Investigation | Completed | 2 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Glenn Research Center |
| Studying Passive Dust Mitigation on Anisotropic Structured Surface | Active | — | Materials for Extreme Environments | University of Central Florida |
| Lithion-ion Lunar Hibernation Survival | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center |
| Low cost, Lightweight, FeS2-Based Photovoltaic Devices by On Demand Ink Jet Printing | Completed | 3 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | University of Washington-Seattle Campus |
| Novel CO2 Removal with Magnetocaloric Pumping Augmentation of Hybrid Paramagnetic Ionic Liquid - SLMs | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | North Carolina A & T State University |
| An In-Situ Binder for Additive Construction on the Moon | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Urban Biomining Meets Printable Electronics: End-to-end Destination Biological Recycling and Reprinting | Completed | 3 | In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair | Ames Research Center |
| Simulating Regolith Excavation, Entrainment, Dispersal and Visibility Impairment due to Rocket Plume-Surface Interaction via a Hybrid Continuum-Rarefied Flow Solver | Completed | 3 | Propulsion Systems for Landing | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Development of a Thermal Control System to Survive the Lunar Night | Completed | — | Heat Transport | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Evacuated Airship for Mars Missions | Completed | 3 | Above-Surface Mobility | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Modeling of the Nanometric Regime of Cone-Jets to Improve the Design and Understanding of Electrospray Thrusters | Completed | 4 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of California-Irvine |
| Determining Flight Platform Needs for mm-wave Observations of the Sun | Completed | 5 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| BioBot: Innovative Offloading of Astronauts for More Effective Exploration | Completed | 3 | Portable Life Support System | University of Maryland-College Park |
| NASA Platform for Autonomous Systems (NPAS) | Completed | 6 | Goal and Task Negotiation | Stennis Space Center |
| Effective Human-Robot Collaborative Work for Critical Missions | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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