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 191 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary-Motion-Extended Array Synthesis (R-MXAS) | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Leidos Inc | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhancing Operational Imagery and Video for Human Exploration | Completed | 5 | Object, Event, and Activity Recognition | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of an Intelligent Coupling Approach for Modeling and Prediction of Cryogenic Propellant Behavior in Microgravity during Long-term Storage | Completed | 4 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Innovative Instrumentation Approaches for Monitoring and Control Applications | Completed | 3 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Innovations for Fast, Accurate, Robust Planetary Rover Navigation | Completed | 3 | State Estimation | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Full Scale Fab & Test of Additively Manufactured Blisk with Turbine Blade Tuned Mass Absorbers | Completed | 6 | Propulsion Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Regenerative Gas Dryer for Integrated ISRU Systems | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Performance Cathodes for the Co-Electrolysis of Carbon Dioxide and Water Project | Completed | 3 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Thermally Stable Aerogels for Aerospace Applications | Completed | 3 | Materials for Extreme Environments | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Fail-Active State-Space Fault Management | Completed | 3 | Autonomous Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Single-event drag modulated aerocapture at Venus for a small satellite science mission, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Smart Projectiles for Environmental Assessment, Reconnaissance and Sensing (SPEARS) | Completed | 2 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Leveraging Active Knit Technologies for Aerospace Pressure Suit Applications | Completed | 3 | Pressure Garment | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Tunable Metal-Organic Framework Adsorbents for Efficient CO2 Capture in Space Vessels | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | University of California-Berkeley | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Precision Hopping/Rolling Robotic Surface Probe Based on Tensegrity Structures | Completed | 4 | Surface Mobility | University of California-Berkeley | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Deep Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies with Galactic Cosmic Ray Secondary Particle Showers | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Planetary Science Institute | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ambient Processing for In-Situ Selective Reinforcement (ISSR) of Near Net Shape Structures | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ionic Liquids Enabling Revolutionary Closed-Loop Life Support | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Capacity Hydrogen Storage for Lunar Power Systems | Completed | 3 | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Utilizing Additive Manufacturing to Improve Materials Designed for Extreme Environments | Completed | 3 | Materials for Extreme Environments | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Using Goddard’s High-Speed Interferometry to Characterize Deformable Mirror Dynamics and Stability | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Contactless Magnetic Joint Development for Lunar Operations | Completed | 3 | Robotic Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Snapshot Spectro-Polarimetric Computational Imager (SSPCI) to reduce SWaP & data volume | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Continuous monitoring of biological radiation response using a miniature dielectric spectroscopy biosensor | Completed | — | Monitoring Technology | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Passive, Failure-Tolerant Docking and Undocking with Articulated Magnets | Completed | 3 | Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures | Cornell University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Fundamental Study to Develop an Electrohydrodynamic Induction Pumping Assisted Oscillating Heat Pipe | Completed | 3 | Heat Transport | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polymer Derived Ceramic Nanocomposites for Advanced Thermoelectrics | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | University of Central Florida | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Precision Foreground Removal in Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Maps | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of AR/VR Capabilities for Facility and Mission Support | Completed | 5 | Site Management for Launches, Tests, and Operations | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| CEPS – A Compact Electron-Proton Spectrometer for Moon Surface Space Weather Monitoring and Crew Protection Year 2 of 3 | Completed | 5 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Performance of Solid Oxide Pt-SDC Cathode Cell for CO2 Electrolysis | Completed | 3 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Life Support Systems: Wastewater Processing and Water Management | Active | 4 | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | Medium |
| Computational Device Designer for High-Performance SiC Electronics for Harsh Space Environments | Completed | — | Electronics | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhancing Sensitivity by Integrating A Custom Front End Electronics with Nanosensors Printed Using 3D Manufacturing Techniques, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Regolith - Rocket Plume Interaction: In situ measurements to enable multiple landings at the same Planetary Surface Site | Completed | 4 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Shake the Plane: Off-body velocity and pressure measurement for high-lift, high-Reynolds-number flows | Completed | 4 | Ground, Test, and Surface Systems | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Microinvestments | Completed | — | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Distributed Algorithms for Exploration with Robotic Sensor Networks | Completed | 3 | Onboard Maneuvering, Pointing, Stabilization, and Flight Control Algorithms | University of Southern California | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mars CO2 Capture using Sorbent Fiber Materials for In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) | Completed | 2 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Repurposable Structural Composite Utilization (ReSCU) Materials, Year 1 | Completed | 2 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Efficiency Thermoelectric Generator for use in Habitat Systems | Completed | — | Heat Sources | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| On-Chip Quantum Repeater in Diamond for Space-Based Quantum Communication | Completed | 3 | Quantum Communications | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Design and Characterization of Monopropellant-Electrospray Multimode Microthrusters | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Multidimensional Processing and Visual Rendering of Complex 3D Biomedical Images, Year 3 | Completed | 9 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| On-Demand Telemetry | Completed | 4 | Spectrum Efficiency | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advancing the State of the Art in the Simulation of Parachute Inflation and Descent Dynamics: Multiscale Modeling,Performance Acceleration, and Validation | Completed | 4 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Risk-Reduction Testing for the DESLA Upper Stage Engine (ACO: DESLA) | Completed | — | Cryogenic Propulsion | Exquadrum, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Molecular Composition Analysis of Distant Targets | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Efficient and Scalable Fabrication of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells via 3D-Printing | Completed | 3 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | Northwestern University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Portable Equipment Panel Development for Modular Power Architectures | Completed | 4 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
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