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 184 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemis Lander Egress and Lunar Surface VR/ARGOS Trainer | Completed | — | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fundamental analysis and modeling of spray-detonation dynamics with application to rotating detonation engines | Completed | 2 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Investigation of Environmental Requirements and Regulations for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Test | Completed | 8 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Propellantless Spacecraft Formation-Flying and Maneuvering with Photonic Laser Thrusters (PLT) | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Y.K. Bae Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Hypergolic Reactive Boundaries | Active | 2 | Earth Storable Propellants | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Ubiquitous wide-bandwidth quantum-noise-limited amplifiers for weak signals in the 1 GHz to 1 THz frequency range, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Controlling Robots with a Spring in Their Step | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Shear Thickening Fluids (STF) - Enhanced Textiles for Impact Energy Dissipation, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Special Materials | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nonlinear Adaptive Filter for MEMS Gyro Error Cancellation | Completed | 3 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Silent and Efficient Supersonic Bi-Directional Flying Wing | Completed | 2 | Aerodynamics | University of Miami | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of a Thermal Insulation System to Enable Planetary Exploration in Extreme Environments | Completed | 4 | Materials | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Risk-Sensitive Learning and Decision Making for Autonomous Space Robots | Completed | 4 | Learning and Adaptation | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Deployable Drag Device for Launch Vehicle Upper Stage Deorbit | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Hypergolic rotating detonation rocket propulsion with low pressure-loss injection and advanced thermal management | Completed | 4 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | University of California-Los Angeles | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | Completed | 7 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Peroxide – Ethanol Monopropellant Thruster for CubeSats | Completed | 4 | Chemical Space Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| SPS Fabrication of Nuclear CERMET Fuel Materials using W Powder Coated UO2 Feedstocks | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Integrated Omni-Directional Optical Phased Array Transceivers with Sub-Wavelength Element Spacing and Automatic Beam-Alignment | Completed | 4 | Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies | University of Pennsylvania | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Decomposing Nitrous Oxide Thruster using Dielectric Barrier Discharge | Completed | 3 | Cold Gas | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Supersonic Distributed Electric Propulsion | Completed | 1 | All-Electric Propulsion | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Decision Support System Development for Human Extravehicular Activity | Completed | 3 | Human-System Performance Modeling | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Burrowing Robot for Extraterrestrial Soil Sampling and Anchoring | Completed | 3 | Below-Surface Mobility | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Energy Harvesting to Power a Compact Plasma Actuator for Aerospace and Laboratory Applications, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling of Micro-Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Impacted Thermal Protection Materials | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Electrostatic Detumble of Space Objects | Completed | 3 | Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Extreme metamaterial solar sails for breakthrough space exploration | Completed | 2 | Solar Sails | University of Southern California | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Parallel, frequency-domain Solvers for Wave Propagation in 3D, Spatially Inhomogeneous Media (SWaP-SIM3D) | Completed | 2 | Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Space Plasma Environment Induced Luminescence of Materials on Space Based Observatories | Completed | 3 | Materials for Extreme Environments | Utah State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Compatibility Characterization of AF-M315E with Spacecraft Propulsion System Materials Project | Completed | 4 | Earth Storable Propellants | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Uncovering the Chemical Processes during Atmospheric Entry of a Carbon/Phenolic Ablator: Laboratory Studies by In Situ Mass Spectrometric and Molecular Beam Techniques | Completed | 4 | Thermal Protection Systems | Montana State University - Bozeman | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Expendable Growth Substrate and Hardware Development for the Safe Production of Microgreens | Completed | 3 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Characterization of a 100-kW Three Channel Nested Hall Thruster | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| WindBots: persistent in-situ science explorers for gas giants | Completed | 2 | Above-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhanced Predictions of Time to Critical Dielectric Breakdown of Materials Under Prolonged Exposure to Space Plasma Environments | Completed | 3 | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | Utah State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) for Enabling Low Altitude Civilian Applications Element | Completed | 6 | Safe All-Vehicle Access | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Achromatic Metamaterial Polarization Modulator for Precision CMB Measurements | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development Testing of a 100mN Green Propellant Thruster for Cubesat Propulsion | Completed | 4 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Detection, Tracking, and Identification of Asteroids through On-board Image Analysis | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Johns Hopkins University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far-Side of the Moon | Completed | 2 | Structures and Antennas | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of InAlAs Top Cell for High Specific Power Multijunction Photovoltaics | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Proximity Navigation Near and Mapping of Asteroids | Completed | 3 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Loop Heat Pipe with a Vapor Driven Suction | Completed | 3 | Thermal Control Components and Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Far-Infrared Spectroscopy | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Pennsylvania | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Quantifying and Maximizing Performance of a Human-Centric Robot under Precision, Safety, and Robot Specification Constraints | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| MicroAngelo: 3D Nanostructure Fabrication by Manipulation of Surface Forces | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Variable Emissive Smart Radiator for Dynamic Thermal Control | Completed | 2 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Improving the Fidelity of Structural Analysis and Sizing in Multi-Disciplinary Design of Space Systems | Completed | 3 | Design and Certification Methods | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Maximizing Function through Intelligent Robot Actuator Control | Completed | 3 | Onboard Maneuvering, Pointing, Stabilization, and Flight Control Algorithms | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Microfluidic Array of Externally Fed Electrospray Thrusters for Micro-Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Biogenic structures coaxed from reprogrammed organisms | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
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