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 179 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental Evaluation of Geopolymer and 'Lunamer' Binders as Radioactive Shielding Materials for Space Applications Project | Completed | 2 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Reflectance Silicon Dielectric Mirrors for Infrared Astronomy | Completed | 7 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Pulsed Plasma Rocket: Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Howe Industries, LLC | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Shape-Morphing Adaptive Radiator Technology, Year 2 (SMART) | Completed | 3 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Evaluation of Carbon Composite Vessels Fabrication using Ionic Liquid Epoxies for Cryogenic Liquid Containment | Completed | 5 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dynamics and Design of Open, Self-Regulating, Capillary Flow Networks for Space Micropropulsion Applications | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Developing an Adaptive Robotic Assistant for Close-Proximity Human-Robot Interaction in Space Environments | Completed | 3 | Human and Robot Interaction | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Spike Ejector Technology | Completed | 5 | Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhancing Thermal Transport Properties of Nanocomposites | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Vanderbilt University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Parachute Canopy Instrumentation Platform, Year 1 (PCIP) | Completed | 6 | Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a Solar Gravitational Lens Mission | Completed | 4 | Other Sensors and Instruments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Rapid and Simple Sample Acquisition During Space Flight: Simultaneous Extraction of Proteins and Nucleic Acids from Bodily Fluids and Cabin Water Using Free-Flow Bi-directional Isotachophoresis | Completed | 3 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Numerical Method to Generate Reference Trajectories for Optimization Methods to Support Low-Thrust Mission Design | Completed | 3 | Trajectory Design and Analysis | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Rate, Large-Area Deposition of Magnetic Materials for Next-Generation Energy Technologies | Active | 2 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | High |
| New Approaches in III-Nitride-Based Devices for Next-Generation Planetary and Astrophysics Missions | Completed | 3 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| TechEdSat | Completed | 7 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nonprehensile Terrain Manipulation for Planetary Rover Mobility Enhancement | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Broadband Electrically Tunable Monolithic Mid-Infrared Laser | Completed | 4 | Environment Sensors | Northwestern University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robust Planning for Dynamic Tensegrity Structures | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Conductivity of AM Lunar Regolith Components via Graphene Nanoplatelets | Completed | 3 | In Situ Resource Use | — | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Bi- or Tri- Propellant Rocket with Thrust Augmented Nozzle, Light Version | Canceled | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Relative Motion and Proximity Operations Beyond Earth Orbit | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of conical off-plane gratings for future X-ray spectrometers | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhanced Cryogen Transfer via a TVS Augmented Injector (CryoTI) | Completed | 5 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Cryogenic Selective Surfaces | Completed | — | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Targeting "Absolute" Salinity for Earth and Space | Completed | 2 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Thrust-Density Electrostatic Engines Project | Completed | 7 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| KSC In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Technologies | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Flat Fabrication of Progressively Self-Assembling Space Systems | Completed | 2 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Auburn University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 3D Printed Habitat - Structural Member Competition | Completed | 3 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Sweeping Arrays for Film Cooling, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Reusable, Aeroassisted Orbit Transfer Vehicle Development that Mitigates Mars Transportation System Risks | Completed | 1 | Architecture Design and Analysis | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 3D Print Small Flight Heat Shield Prototype, Year 3 | Completed | 4 | Thermal Protection Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| PICULS: Photonic Integrated Circuits for Ultra-Low Size, Weight and Power | Completed | 4 | Quantum Communications | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Fuel Forms for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 2025-12-18 | — |
| ISRU-Martian Dust Filter (MDF-BAA) | Completed | 5 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | BlazeTech | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enabling Hybrid Aerospace Structures | Completed | 6 | Manufacturing Processes | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optimizing plant canopy photon capture efficiency for bioregenerative life support systems | Completed | 3 | Transformative Health and Performance Concepts | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Tunable, Resettable, Printable, Impact Energy Absorbing Matrix | Completed | 2 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| TRL Advancement of 3D Printed Electronics Packaging | Completed | — | Electronic Packaging and Implementations | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A DC Transformer, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A DC Transformer, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector Development | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Institute for Ultra-Strong Composites by Computational Design (US-COMP) | Completed | 2 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Michigan Technological University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Luminescence Cryothermometry, Year 1 | Completed | 2 | In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Propellant Production Plant (LP3-TP) | Completed | 5 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Skyre, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ceramic Coatings for Electric Aircraft Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Electric Space Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 600W Hall Thruster Qualification Life Test (Hall Qual) | Completed | 6 | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage | Busek Company, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Boron Nitride Aid for High-Z X-ray Optics and Substrate Enhancements | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Guidance and Control of Electrospray Thruster Actuated CubeSat | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
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