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 195 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSC CIF Project Ideation Fund | Completed | 2 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 1035nm CASALS Lidar for Navigation Velocity and 3-D imaging Measurements | Completed | 3 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultra Long-Lived Autonomous Air Quality Sensing, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Behavioral Health and Performance (BHP) | Completed | 5 | Behavioral Health and Performance | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fiber Optic Augmented Reality System (FOARS) | Completed | 5 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ontology and Language for Intelligent Reusable Autonomy | Completed | 6 | Semantic Technologies | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Enabling Self-Propelled Condensate Flow During Phase-Change Heat Rejection Using Surface Texturing | Completed | 4 | Heat Rejection and Storage | University of California-Davis | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fundamentals of 3D Deployable Mechanisms in Space | Completed | 3 | Flexible Material Systems | Brigham Young University-Provo | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Voxel Advanced Digital-manufacturing for Earth & Regolith in Space, Year 2 (VADERS) | Completed | 3 | — | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Gas House Autonomous System Monitoring, Year 2 (GHASM) | Completed | 4 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Exploration of Extreme Terrain Using a Polyhedral Rover | Completed | 3 | Above-Surface Mobility | Cornell University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Adapting JWST post-processing software for high contrast imaging with Roman/CGI and a Future Direct Imaging Flagship Mission | Completed | 3 | Modeling | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Resistive Memory Devices for Radiation Resistant Non-Volatile Memory | Completed | 3 | High-Performance Memories | SUNY at Albany | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Atmospheric-Breathing Supersonic Propulsion System for Future Planetary Exploration | Completed | 3 | Ramjet/Scramjet | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Dynamic Range Stereo x (HiDyRS-x) | Completed | 5 | Nondestructive Inspection, Evaluation, and Root Cause Analysis | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Terrain Imaging with Communication Signals, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Cognitive Networking | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Storage and Containment of Nuclear Targets for Pulsed Fission-Fusion Testing | Completed | 4 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| HiVHAc Thruster Wear and Structural Tests | Completed | 5 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low Power Charged Particle Counter for Space Radiation Monitoring | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of a Mechanically Versatile Bioreactor System as a Cellular Microgravity Countermeasure for Regenerative Medicine Applications | Completed | 3 | Prevention and Countermeasures | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Landing & Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Developing a Solid State Electrolyte for Advanced Lithium Batteries | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | University of Houston | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Trans-Formers for Lunar Extreme Environments: Ensuring Long-Term Operation in Regions of Darkness and Low Temperatures | Completed | 2 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Developing Cryogenic Heat Exchangers for Selective Cabin Air Separation | Completed | 4 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Operations Design Guidelines for Flight Hardware | Completed | 5 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Origami-Based Deployable Composite Super-Structures | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Deep Network Radiative Transfer: A Revolution in Imaging Spectrometer Atmospheric Correction, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | — | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Moon Medicine: Blood Staining and Novel Mini Imaging Technology, Year 1 | Completed | — | Behavioral Health and Performance | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Solid-State Thermodynamic Vent System for Control of Cryogenic Propellants | Completed | 4 | Propellant Production, Storage, and Transfer | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Standard of Visualization Abstraction for Human-Robot Interfaces | Completed | 3 | Remote Interaction | Vanderbilt University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Concluding 2D-to-3D Transformation of VESGEN Software for Urgent Astronaut Health Risks during Long-Duration ISS and Mars Exploration Missions, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Real-Time Terrain Mapping and Processing for Safe Landing via Deep Neural Networks | Completed | 3 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Autonomous Multi-Spectral Relative Navigation, Active Localization, and Motion Planning in the Vicinity of an Asteroid | Completed | 4 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Kinematic Shape Memory Alloys for Landing Applications | Completed | 3 | Flexible Material Systems | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Micro-Scale Gallium Nitride Pressure Sensors for Advanced Harsh Environment Space Technology | Completed | 3 | Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| NASA Commercial SatCom User Terminal | Completed | 5 | Optimetrics | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Engineering Cyanobacteria for the Production of Lightweight Materials | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Washington University in St Louis | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Laser Guide Star for Large Aperture Segmented Space Telescopes | Completed | 4 | Mirror Systems | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Demonstration of Plasma Assisted Waste Conversion to Gas | Completed | 4 | Waste Management | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| LauncherOne Collaborative Opportunity to Advance Emerging Space Capabilities | Completed | 6 | — | Virgin Orbit | 2025-12-18 | — |
| 2D Materials for Energy Harvesting and Sensing | Completed | 3 | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling Failure of 3D Fiber Reinforced Foam Core Sandwich Structures with Defects Using a Multi-Scale Finite Element Method | Completed | 3 | Design and Certification Methods | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Calibration instrumentation for future intensity mapping experiments | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Yale University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Biologically-Inspired Hardware for Land/Aerial Robots | Completed | 3 | Other Robotic Systems | Boston University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Computer Optimization and 3D Printing of Quantum Dot Solar Cells | Completed | 3 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | Cornell University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Parallel, frequency-domain Solvers for Wave Propagation in 3D, Spatially Inhomogeneous Media (SWaP-SIM3D) | Completed | 2 | Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Carbon Nanotube Infused Launch Vehicle Structures | Completed | 6 | — | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Investigation of Radionuclide Filtering Technology for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine Testing | Completed | 8 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Exploring High-Performance Additively Manufactured Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) Hardware | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Extended Kalman Filter Framework for Ballistic Range and Magnetic Suspension Wind Tunnel Reconstruction | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
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