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 189 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Task and Motion Planning with Verification via Formal Methods | Completed | 3 | Path Planning | Rice University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Deep Space Engine (Previously Bipropellant In-Space Engine - ISE 100) | Completed | 6 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| The Spacesuit Digital Thread: 4.0 Manufacture of Custom High Performance Spacesuits for the Exploration of Mars | Completed | 3 | Pressure Garment | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Tensegrity Underwater Robot for Traversing Liquid Environments (TURTLE) | Completed | — | Below-Surface Mobility | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Micromechanical response of carbon fiber preform in high-temperature oxidizing environments | Completed | 3 | Thermal Protection Systems | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Compliant Space Mechanisms | Completed | 3 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Brigham Young University-Provo | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Nuclear & Emerging Technologies for Space Conference | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mesoscale Framework for Multi-Physics Simulation of Ablative Thermal Protection Systems | Completed | 4 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Florida | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Direct Visual-Inertial-LIDAR SLAM and Autonomous Landing Site Selection and Guidance for Unknown Environments | Completed | 3 | Touchdown Systems | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous On-Board Optical Navigation Beyond Earth Orbit | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| RIPS: Ripcord Innovative Power System | Completed | 2 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Johns Hopkins University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Solar Surfing | Completed | 2 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| In Situ Oxygen Generation from CO2 under Benign Conditions, Year 1 | Completed | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander | Completed | 3 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Princeton Satellite Systems | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Thermal Mining of Ices on Cold Solar System Bodies | Completed | 3 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Colorado School of Mines | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dust Tolerant Magnetic Coupler | Completed | 4 | Infrastructure Optimization | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Run-time anomaly detection and mitigation in information-rich cyber-physical systems | Completed | 3 | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Longterm Discovery and Modeling of Temporal Phenomena to Support Robotic Service Behaviors | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | Oregon State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Adaptive Data Routing with Cognitive Gateways | Completed | 3 | Cognitive Networking | University of Houston | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Space Debris Threat Mitigation via characterization of strain rate effects by Maximum Entropy Atomistics | Completed | 3 | Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High energy density additives for Hybrid Fuel Rockets to Improve Performance and Enhance Safety | Completed | 3 | Hybrids | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Increasing Efficiency of Routine Robot Space Operations through Adjustable Autonomy and Learning from Human Instructions | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Floating Slosh Dampers for Propellant Tanks - FY17 | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Carbon Nanotube Composite SHM Sensor using Additive Manufacturing | Completed | 4 | Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Turbolift | Completed | 2 | Transformative Health and Performance Concepts | IMSG Laboratories, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Extending Controllable Adhesive Technologies to Irregular Surfaces with Soft Robotic Actuation | Completed | 3 | Dexterous Manipulation | University of California-San Diego | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Massively Expanded NEA Accessibility via Microwave-Sintered Aerobrakes | Completed | 3 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Deep Space Industries, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| MEMRIC -- A Transformative Technology for Enabling Space Construction and Fractionation | Completed | 6 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fabrication of Continuous Nano SiC Fibers by Microwave Sintering of Pre-Ceramic SiC Nanofiber | Completed | 3 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Astrophysics and Technical Lab Studies of a Solar Neutrino Spacecraft Detector | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Wichita State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Deployable Composite Booms (DCB) | Completed | 5 | Flexible Material Systems | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Commercial Feasibility of In-Space Manufacturing Applications with Technology Development Targets | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Safe Autonomous Flight Environment (SAFE50) for the Notional Last '50 ft' of Operation of '55 lb' Class of UAS | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| In-flight Sorting of BNNTs by Aspect Ratio | Completed | 2 | — | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Application of Reinforcement Learning: Trajectories Resilient to Missed Thrust Events (MTEs), Year 2 | Completed | 4 | GN&C Fault Management, Fault Tolerance, and Autonomy | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robotic Technologies Enabling the Exploration of Lunar Pits | Completed | 5 | Below-Surface Mobility | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| The Nuclear Propulsion and Power Non-Nuclear Test Facility, Year 2 (NP2NTF) | Completed | 5 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ruggedized WDM Fiber Optics Interrogator to Support Structural Health Monitoring of Reusable Launch Vehicle | Completed | 6 | Sensors and Instruments | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Pluto Hop, Skip, and Jump | Completed | 3 | Entry, Descent, and Landing | Global Aerospace Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advancing Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitats for Human Stasis to Mars | Completed | 3 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. (SEI) | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Feature-Based Visual SLAM For Shadowed, Specular, and Hazy Environments | Completed | 3 | State Estimation | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Adaptive Augmenting Control and Launch Vehicle Adaptive Control Flight Experiments Element | Completed | 6 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robust Entry and Landing Guidance Under Dynamic Uncertainty | Completed | 3 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Propellant Slosh in Small Satellite Conformal Tanks | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Technologies for Mixed-Initiative Plan Management for Human Space Flight | Completed | 4 | Mission Planning | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advancing Attitude and Shape Control for Large, Ultralight, Flexible Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Concepts | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Utilization of Self-Healing Materials in Thermal Protection System Applications | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Manufacturing of Tunable Printable Biosensors During Human Space Flight | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robust Verification Tools for Precision Entry Guidance | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Characterization | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking with the Aid of Optical Maneuver Detection | Completed | 2 | Optimetrics | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
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