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 177 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Networking and Sensing using a Diamond Nanophotonic Circuit | Completed | 3 | Quantum Communications | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 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 | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Efficiency, Deployable Solar Cells | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Traumatic Brain Injury Validation Study | Completed | 3 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nanostructured Photovoltaics for Space Power | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Novel Fission Power Source Investigation | Completed | 2 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Studying Passive Dust Mitigation on Anisotropic Structured Surface | Active | — | Materials for Extreme Environments | University of Central Florida | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lithion-ion Lunar Hibernation Survival | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low cost, Lightweight, FeS2-Based Photovoltaic Devices by On Demand Ink Jet Printing | Completed | 3 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Novel CO2 Removal with Magnetocaloric Pumping Augmentation of Hybrid Paramagnetic Ionic Liquid - SLMs | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | North Carolina A & T State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 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 | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Urban Biomining Meets Printable Electronics: End-to-end Destination Biological Recycling and Reprinting | Completed | 3 | In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 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 | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of a Thermal Control System to Survive the Lunar Night | Completed | — | Heat Transport | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Evacuated Airship for Mars Missions | Completed | 3 | Above-Surface Mobility | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 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 | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Determining Flight Platform Needs for mm-wave Observations of the Sun | Completed | 5 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| BioBot: Innovative Offloading of Astronauts for More Effective Exploration | Completed | 3 | Portable Life Support System | University of Maryland-College Park | 2025-12-18 | — |
| NASA Platform for Autonomous Systems (NPAS) | Completed | 6 | Goal and Task Negotiation | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Effective Human-Robot Collaborative Work for Critical Missions | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Investigation of the Impact of Plasma Instabilities on Electron Detachment in Low Temperature Magnetic Nozzles | Completed | 3 | Electromagnetic Propulsion | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fabrication Techniques of Stretchable and Elastomer-Fabric Electroadhesion Samples for Implementation on Devices with Space Application | Completed | 3 | Grappling Technologies | University of Southern California | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling Lunar Dust Behavior to Advance the Effectiveness of Dust Mitigation Techniques | Completed | 4 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Shock Layer Radiation Modeling (SLRM) | Completed | 6 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Determining Extraterrestrial Regolith In Situ Resource Utilization Feasibility Via Rheological Characterization and Additive Manufacturing Suitability | Completed | 2 | Manufacturing Processes | Rice University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prediction and Optimization of Truss Performance for Lightweight, Intelligent Packaging and Deployable Structures | Completed | 3 | Electronic Packaging and Implementations | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Multifunctional, robotically reconfigurable system for structural support | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Concepts | Columbia University in the City of New York | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Detailed Assessment for the Potential use of Waste Hydrogen Gas at Stennis Space Center Project | Completed | 5 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Space-based Tractor Beam for Neutral Atoms:A Hybridized Magnetic and Optical Trap for Generating Macroscopic Quantum Matter in Orbit, Year 2 | Completed | 6 | Sensors and Instruments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enabling Ring-Cusp Ion Thruster Technology for NASA Missions, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Monitoring Astronaut Performance Using Robotic Exoskeletons | Completed | 3 | Human Factors Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Volatiles Extraction Technology for Future Fusion Power and Multi-Outpost Scale Human Space Exploration | Completed | 3 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Resonant Power Processing Unit for Low Power Hall-Effect Thrusters | Completed | 4 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Maturing the M10A 25,000lbf LOX/Methane Broadsword Engine | Completed | 7 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Masten Space Systems, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Passive and compact liquid metal heat switch | Completed | 3 | Heat Transport | Washington University in St Louis | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Micro-Raman for Offworld Construction (µROC) | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| ISRU-Hydrogen/Methane Separator for Mars (HMSM-BAA) | Completed | 5 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Skyhaven Systems, LLC | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Design of Broadcast Navigation Message for Lunar Navigation System Satellites | Completed | 3 | Navigation Sensors | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Direct-Write Additive Manufacturing for Miniaturized Detector and Electronic Assemblies, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polaris Project: Radiation Assessment DuRing Exposure and long-Duration Spaceflight (RADREADS) | Completed | 3 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Active Collision Avoidance for Planetary Landers | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Big-data Efficiency and Automated Science Transfer (BEAST) | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Integration of Robotic Perception and Action | Completed | 3 | Sensing for Robotic Systems | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optical CDMA for CubeSats, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polaris Project: Radiation Tolerant and Reliable Electric Displays: a Preliminary Assessment Necessary for Deep-spaceflight ApplicationS (2REDPANDAS) | Completed | 5 | Sensors and Instruments | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Improved Actuator for Pyroless Isolation Valve | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ruggedized WDM-based Fiber Optics Interrogator supporting Structural Health Monitor for Reusable Rocket Launches | Completed | 4 | Launch, Recovery, and Reuse | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM) | Completed | 6 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 2nd Generation QUAd-core siTARA Flight Computer (QUATARA) | Completed | 6 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dismantling Rubble Pile Asteroids with Area-of-Effect Soft-bots (AoES) | Completed | 2 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
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