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 192 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novel Musculoskeletal Loading and Assessment System, Year 1 | Completed | 6 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Glider Swarm Sensor Distribution Study, Year 2 | Completed | — | Above-Surface Mobility | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robust Autonomous Aerial Capture | Completed | 5 | Autonomous Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Artificial Intelligence – Simulation Based Machine Learning for Robotics Navigation | Completed | — | Learning and Adaptation | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Multifunctional Surface Treatment for Self-Sterilization and CO2 sequestration for Sustainable Space Exploration | Completed | 2 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Investigation into a Novel Propellant Delivery System for 1000lbf Class Low-Cost reusable Cube-Sat Boost Liquid Rocket Engines, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prediction of Safety Incidents, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Traffic Management Concepts | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Lander Advanced Nozzle (LAN-ACO) | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Blue Origin, LLC | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhancing Operational Imagery and Video for Human Exploration Year 2 of 3 | Completed | 5 | Situational and Self-Awareness Technologies | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Near-Zero Power Photoswitches for Free-space Optical Communication (FSO) and LIDAR | Completed | 3 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultralight Nanolattices with Co-Optimized Mechanical, Thermal, and Optical Properties | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Power for Interstellar Fly-by | Completed | 2 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optical CDMA for CubeSats, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Optimetrics | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mobile Platform Development for SSC Propulsion Test Operations, Year 3 | Completed | 4 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Creating and Understanding Hybrid Interfaces of Multifunctional Composite Laminates for Extreme Environments | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mars Molniya Orbit Atmospheric Resource Mining | Completed | 3 | Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optical Technology for Exoplanet Characterization | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Safe Crew Abort and Recovery for Ascent and Descent at the Moon and Mars | Completed | 1 | Architecture Design and Analysis | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling limbless locomotion using ADAMS software | Completed | 2 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Finding Optimal Independent Grasp Regions of Parallel Manipulators with Additional Applications for Limbed Robot Mobility | Completed | 3 | Dexterous Manipulation | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of a Dynamic Lightning Safety Algorithm for MSFC | Completed | — | Natural- and Induced-Environment Characterization and Mitigation | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Aqueous Detergent to Remove Krytox | Completed | 6 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Colorado Power PPU | Completed | — | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Versatile 3D Microscopy in 100 Grams! | Completed | — | Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Investigation of Superlattice Surface Characteristics | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of Rochester | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Human Spacecraft Cognitive Computing | Completed | — | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polaris Project: Bioremediation of Microgravity Biofilms and Water Processing Health | Completed | 3 | Water Recovery and Management | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Self-Repair and Damage Mitigation of Metallic Structures | Completed | 3 | Impact, Damage, and Radiation-Resistant Systems | University of Florida | 2025-12-18 | — |
| SpRoUTS (Space Robot Universal Truss System) | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Thermal Vacuum Verification of Origami Inspired Radiators | Completed | 3 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Robotic Localization using Shadow Information in Imagery | Completed | 3 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Trajectory Design and Orbit Determination | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhanced Autonomous Refueling Capability for Gateway and Surface Systems | Completed | 5 | Robotic Systems | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Predicting Deformation and Cracking as a Function of additive manufacturing process parameters, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Chemical Heat Integrated Power Source (CHIPS) for Deep Space Power Systems (CHIPS) | Canceled | 3 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Silicon Photonics for Space Communications | Completed | 3 | Electronics | University of California-San Diego | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Predicting the Dust Environment During Powered Descent on Mars | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Crucible: A System for Space Synthetic Biology Experiments | Completed | 2 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion (VIP-INSPR) | Completed | 3 | V&V of Software systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enhancing Docking and Manipulation Capability for Microgravity Robotic Free Flyers | Completed | 3 | Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Dust Sensor for Crewed Environments | Completed | — | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Long Life Additive Manufacturing Assembly (LLAMA) | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Foot Pedals for Spacecraft Manual Control | Completed | 6 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Lunar Rover Motion-Based Simulation System Year 1 of 1 | Completed | 6 | Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Developing a high-energy SEP detector to fill a critical SWx measurement gap | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Cold Plasma Cleaning and Disinfection of Produce and Surfaces, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Design and Control of a Twelve‐Bar Tensegrity Robot | Completed | 3 | Surface Mobility | University of California-Berkeley | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Safe, High Specific Energy & Power Li-ion Cells | Completed | 5 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Controlled Hierarchical Structure Additive Manufacturing | Completed | 1 | Manufacturing Processes | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prandtl Propeller: Design Process, Verification and Testing | Completed | 4 | Flight Vehicle Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| New Designs for Modular Ultra-Light Precision Space Structures | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Concepts | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
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