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 186 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Purpose Artificial Muscle and Sensor Array for Untethered Soft Robots | Completed | 3 | Flexible Material Systems | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Extended Stroke Reverse-Operation DTE Thermal Switch for Non-Vacuum or Vacuum Extreme Environments | Completed | — | Heat Transport | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Perchlorate on Mars: Risk and Resource | Completed | 7 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| The Marshall Sharks. Shark-tank type event for Innovation Day. | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Conformal Ablative Thermal Protection Material and Fabrication Process | Completed | 3 | Thermal Protection Systems | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Vision Based Object Detection and Navigation for Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Vision and Virtual/Augmented Reality Avionics | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Breakthrough Propulsion Architecture for Interstellar Precursor Missions | Completed | 3 | Electric Space Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Model Predictive Control of an Underdamped, Pneumatically Actuated, Soft Robot with Flexible Links for Unmodeled Environments | Completed | 3 | Flexible Material Systems | Brigham Young University-Provo | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Rapid PetrifilmTM Plates (RPPs) for Reducing Planetary Protection Assay Time and Cost, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Planetary Protection | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Engineering Gecko-Inspired Adhesives for Robotic Mobility and Manipulation in Microgravity | Completed | 3 | Grappling Technologies | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultrafast laser development for planetary mass spectrometry | Completed | — | Lasers | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultra Low Temperature Batteries (ULTB) | Completed | 5 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Surface Site Establishment to Ensure Safe Crew Arrival and Operations | Completed | 2 | Integrated Flight Operations Systems | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Machine Learning for Airspace Complexity Management | Completed | 3 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lofted Environmental Venus Sensors (LEAVES) | Completed | 3 | Sensors and Instruments | Ohio Aerospace Institute | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Reinforcement of 3D Printed Nanocomposite Materials Using Ultrasound Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | University of Utah | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Human Persistence in Space enabled by Artificial Photosynthesis | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Ablator Thermal Model (Advanced Material Modeling) | Completed | 7 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Linear Transformer Drivers for Propulsion and Power, Year 1 | Completed | 6 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Towards a robust laser-based velocity and temperature diagnostic for deployment in hypersonic ground-test facilities and high-speed flight | Completed | 2 | Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Densely Sampled Integral Field Spectrometer to Enable Space-Based Millimeter-Wave Line Intensity Mapping Surveys | Active | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Chicago | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Machine Learning Accelerated Physics-Based Modeling for Defect Mitigation in Metal Additive Manufacturing | Completed | 3 | Computational Materials | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robotic In-Situ Surface Exploration System (RISES) | Completed | 4 | Destination Resource Exploration | West Virginia University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development and Characterization of a Ruthenium-Based Monolithic Metal Foam Catalyst | Completed | 3 | Earth Storable Propellants | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Novel Simulant and Regolith Wear Test Capability for Dust Mitigation | Completed | 2 | Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Compact Flexible Lower Body Negative Pressure Device for Integrated Exercise Microgravity and Fluid Shift Countermeasure | Completed | 3 | Long-Duration Health | University of California-San Diego | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Comprehensive Modeling of the Effects of Hazardous Asteroids Mitigation Techniques | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems Safety | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| PSI Ejecta Kinetic Energy Estimating Radar (PEKEER) | Completed | 2 | Touchdown Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhanced Electrode Performance for Energy Storage Applications Enabled by Direct Write Additive Manufacturing | Completed | 2 | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Extraction and Capture of Water from Martian Soil | Completed | 7 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Space Environmental Electrical Power Subsystem (SEEPS) | Completed | 3 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low Thrust Trajectory Optimization in Cislunar and Translunar Space | Completed | 3 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Trajectory Design and Orbit Determination | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Vast Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) Mission Concept Study (SSPICY Vast) | Completed | 4 | Orbital Debris Characterization | Vast Space | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Orbiting Rainbows: Optical Manipulation of Aerosols and the Beginnings of Future Space Construction | Completed | 2 | Atmospheric Characterization and Mitigation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Demonstration of a High Power Density Thermal Management System for Motors, Inverters, and Battery Modules | Completed | 4 | Aero Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Computational design of additively manufactured functionally graded materials for structural applications | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Physics-Informed Neural Network for Next-Gen Electric Aircraft | Completed | 3 | State Estimation and Monitoring | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Computational design of carbon nanotube network materials and polymer matrix nanocomposites | Completed | 4 | Computational Materials | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| hMSCs Cultured on Plant-Derived Tissue Engineering Extracellular Matrix in a Microgravity Environment | Completed | 3 | Transformative Health and Performance Concepts | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prandtl Propeller: Design Process, Verification and Testing, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Propulsion Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Safe, High-Energy and Performance Na-O2 Battery | Completed | 6 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Synthetic Biology for Recycling Human Waste into Nutraceuticals, and Materials: Closing the Loop for Long-Term Space Travel | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | University of Delaware | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Micro-scale Plasma Arc Gasification for Waste Treatment and Energy Production, Year 1 | Completed | 6 | Waste Management | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Oxygen Recovery via Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis with Microtubular Solid Oxide Cells | Completed | 4 | Atmosphere Revitalization | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Gas House Autonomous System Monitoring, Year 1 (GHASM) | Completed | 5 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Temperature, Imaging-Based Strain and Temperature Measurement Method for Ground Testing Hypersonic Structures | Completed | 4 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Turbulence and energetic ion production in the partially magnetized hollow cathode plume | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Western Michigan University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Gravity Observation and Dark energy Detection Explorer in the Solar System | Completed | 3 | Other Sensors and Instruments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fundamental Research into Hyperelastic Materials for Flight Applications Element, Year 1 | Completed | 5 | Flexible Material Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Multi-Platform, Multi-Architecture Runtime Verification of Autonomous Space Systems | Completed | 3 | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | Iowa State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
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