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 190 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application of the MCMC Method for the Calibration of DSMC Parameters to NASA EAST Results for Ionizing, Radiating Hypersonic Flows | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | The University of Texas at Austin | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Very compact FTIR spectrometer for planetary in-situ measurements, Year 1 | Completed | — | Electromagnetic Wave–Based Sensors | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mini Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, Year 2 (miniTOCA) | Completed | 3 | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polaris Project: Data Planning and Control Tool (DPAC) (DPAC) | Completed | 7 | Execution and Control | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Phase-change Reconfigurable Optical WavEfront Synthesis System (PROWESS) | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Internally Redundant Load Switching Power Distribution System | Completed | 3 | Autonomous Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Shaped and Seamless Thermal Protection System, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Liquefiying Gas Electrolyte by Capillary Condensation at Ambient Pressure for Extreme Low-Temperature Batteries | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | University of California-San Diego | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Long Term In-Space Cryogen Storage - Magnetic Isolation | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Developing Hierarchical Glass-Ceramics for Advanced Solid-State Batteries using Additive Manufacturing | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | University of California-Irvine | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polaris Project: Multifunctional Nanosensor Platform for Environmental Monitoring | Completed | 6 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing Using Recycled Waste | Completed | 4 | Manufacturing Processes | re:3D, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Myco-architecture off planet: growing surface structures at destination | Completed | 2 | Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Processes | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mini Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, Year 1 (miniTOCA) | Completed | 3 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Predicting the Integrity of Additively Manufactured Nickel Alloys | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Plasma Based Energy Deposition for Mitigation of Sonic Boom: Experiment to demonstrate viability, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Ground and Flight Test Technologies | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Evaluation of SPE and GCR Radiation Effects in Inflatable and Habitable Materials-of-Construction, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Piezoelectric Strainmeter for the Seismic Investigation of Planets | Completed | 3 | Electromechanical, Mechanical, and Micromechanical Devices | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| PRANTL-M | Completed | 4 | Above-Surface Mobility | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Data-Driven Predictive Modeling of Small Spacecraft Electric Propulsion Systems | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Neuromorphic Learning for Adaptive Control | Completed | — | Launch and Reentry Communications | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optical Metal Oxide Multilayers with Optimal Transparency and Mechanical Properties | Completed | 3 | Special Materials | University of Southern California | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Numerical Simulation of Interfacial Fluid-Particle Flow in Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Components | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Rice University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| In Space Manufacturing - Recycling & Reuse (ISM-RnR) | Canceled | 7 | Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Silent, Solid-State Propulsion for Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles | Completed | — | All-Electric Propulsion | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Food Production | Completed | 3 | Habitation Systems | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Purification of Lunar Cold-Trapped Volatiles - FY17 | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low Mass, Low Heat Leak Flanges and Structure | Completed | — | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Maneuvering within Chaotic Multi-Body Systems | Completed | 4 | Dynamics Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Citizen Science A-Team Study | Completed | 3 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Landing System (L2S-ACO) | Completed | 6 | Touchdown Systems | Blue Origin, LLC | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Real-Time Measurement of Wheel Performance on a Rover | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Software Architecture and Operations Infrastructure Testbed for V&V of Autonomous Systems | Completed | 4 | Engineering and Integrity | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Virtual Guidance Of Abdominal Trauma Using Augmented Reality | Completed | 2 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Phase Fresnel Lens Nanofabrication | Completed | 2 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of a High-temperature (>1200°C) Crystal Growth Furnace towardSemiconductor In-Space ProductionApplications in LEO for Terrestrial Use | Completed | 4 | Power Efficiency | — | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Extreme Imaging | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Scale-Up of Thermal Runaway Resistant Li-Ion Battery Cases, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Energy Storage | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optimizing heterogeneous nanostructured materials for space applications | Active | 2 | Computational Materials | University of Southern California | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Fabricating Next Generation Diffraction Gratings Using Electron Beam Lithography | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Non-Equilibrium Heat Transfer during Mars Entry | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Southern California | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Commodity Management (ACM) | Completed | 3 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| THz Spectroscopy for Heliophysics Ionospheric, Thermospheric, Mesospheric (ITM) Remote Sensing | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mechanically Integrated Radiant Testing of High Heat-Flux Components | Completed | 6 | Ground, Test, and Surface Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Additive Manufacturing Enabled Biofilm Prevention (AMEBoP) | Completed | 3 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Novel Electromotance Noise Mitigation System Project | Completed | 3 | Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Next-Generation Event Camera Navigation for Mars Helicopters | Completed | 4 | Sensing and Perception | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Knowledge Management Framework and Model for Hardware Systems Data | Completed | — | Science, Engineering, and Mission Data Life Cycle | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-speed infrared laser absorption imaging of state populations and multiple temperatures for entry studies | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Characterization | University of California-Los Angeles | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Information Fusion & Data Analytics for Human Lunar Exploration - Demonstration / Validation Phase, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Tools and Methodologies for Performing Systems Analysis | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
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