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 182 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancing TPS Material Characterization for Improved Margin Quantification | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Total Dose Regeneration of COTS Using a Thermally Controlled Packaging Approach, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator | Completed | — | Heat Sources | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Application of Neural Radiance Fields for Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation and Planetary Characterization | Active | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Low Creep/Low Relaxation Polymer Composites, Year 3 | Completed | — | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Control Framework for Autonomous Physical Systems: Observation, Modeling, Prediction, and Planning | Completed | 4 | Dexterous Manipulation | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Regolith Adaptive Modification System to Support Early Extraterrestrial Planetary Landings (and Operations) (RAMs) | Completed | 3 | In Situ Resource Use | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling and Microstructural Analysis of Carbon Fiber-Carbon Nanotube Yarn Hybrid Reinforcement | Completed | 3 | Materials | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polar Ice to Water Drill Evaluation (PRIME) | Completed | 3 | Environment Sensors | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Brine Recovery in Containment (BRIC) Project | Completed | 2 | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Self-Sensing SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) Active Dust Mitigator | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Radioluminescent Tritium Material for High Visibility Applications | Completed | 3 | Special Materials | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dialogue Voice I/O Crew Assistant | Completed | — | Operational Trust Building | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optimal Aerocapture Guidance | Completed | 3 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Iowa State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| In situ acoustic emission monitoring of defect formation in additively manufactured refractory alloy components | Active | 2 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | High |
| EmberCore Flashlight: Long Distance Lunar Characterization with Intense Passive X- and Gamma-ray Source | Completed | 2 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation-Technologies | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Task Primitives for Complex Manipulation Operations | Completed | 3 | Sensing for Robotic Systems | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar dust capture using novel multi-plexed inertial filter | Completed | 5 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of High-Reflectivity Optical Coatings for the Vacuum Ultraviolet and Verification on a Sounding Rocket Flight | Completed | 3 | Mirror Systems | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Gravity Poppers: Hopping Probes for the Interior Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies | Completed | 3 | Sensing for Robotic Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Pi - Terminal Defense for Humanity | Completed | 2 | Orbital Debris Mitigation | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Parametric Study of Additive Manufacturing using Martian Regolith Metal Recovered with Ionic Liquids | Completed | 4 | Waste Management | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nuclear Fragmentation Spectrometer | Completed | 4 | Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling Inspection to Reduce Time and Cost of Verification and Validation on On-Orbit Structures. | Completed | 5 | Nondestructive Inspection, Evaluation, and Root Cause Analysis | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of RF Photonic Transceivers for Communication and Remote Sensing | Completed | — | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Composites in Braided Experimental High-speed Rotation (CiBEHR) Coupling | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Magnetic Payload Separation Demonstration (MagSep), Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| In-situ Surface Modification of Multi-Principal Element Alloys for Enhanced Durability in Extreme Environments | Completed | 3 | Materials for Extreme Environments | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2025-12-18 | — |
| SUPERBall Bot | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Semi-Autonomous and Autonomous Electrohydrodynamic Inkjet Printing for In-space Manufacturing based on Artificial Intelligence | Active | 2 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Structural Health Monitoring utilizing an Automated Optical Fiber Switching Network | Completed | 4 | TPS Instrumentation | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Digital Astronaut Simuation for Lunar Surface Operations | Completed | 5 | V&V of Ground, Test, and Surface Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Gravity Independence of Microchannel Two-Phase Flow | Completed | 4 | Heat Transport | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mars Ascent Vehicle Sizing & Habitability Assessment | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Vastly Improved Search for Interstellar Asteroids, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Observatories | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Uncertainty Quantification Applied to the Analysis and Design of Hypersonic Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerators for Spacecraft Re-Entry | Completed | 3 | Thermal Protection Systems | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| BROADband, Compact and Agile Silicon Photonics Technology (BROADCAST) | Completed | 4 | Quantum Communications | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Touchless Despinning of Asteroids and Comets via Neutral Beam Emmitting Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Grappling Technologies | University of Maryland-College Park | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Data-driven Material Models for Certification by Analysis | Completed | 2 | Computational Materials | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Investigation of lunar regolith reduction via hydrogen plasma in different plasma environments | Completed | 3 | Habitation Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Moon Medicine: Blood Staining and Novel Miniaturized Imaging Technology to Facilitate both Research and Critical Lunar Diagnosis, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| NTP Flight Demonstration Study | Completed | 4 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| SCOPE: ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE) | Completed | 2 | Solar Sails | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Multi-Fidelity Modeling and Simulation for the Analysis of Deployable Re-Entry Technologies Under Uncertainty | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| RFCS-Like Modified Multicopter Autopilot for Autonomy Research | Completed | 8 | Flight Computing and Avionics | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Data-driven autonomous discovery of refractory high entropy alloys | Active | 2 | Computational Materials | Cornell University | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Cavity Enhanced Thomson Scattering Diagnostic for Electron Measurements in Weakly Ionized Discharges | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Integrated Computational Design of Graded Alloys Made with Additive Manufacturing | Completed | 3 | Computational Materials | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dynamic Orbital Slingshot for Rendezvous with Interstellar Objects | Completed | 2 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Trajectory Design and Orbit Determination | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Electro-Thermal Actuation Control for Unlocking Memory Metal Power Generation & Energy Conversion, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
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