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 198 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of Advanced Detonation Modeling Methods for Hydrocarbon Propellants, Year 1 | Completed | 4 | Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| CRATOS II: Modular ISRU Excavation Tools, Year 2 | Completed | — | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Compostable investigations with logistical habitation and crop production waste. | Completed | 4 | Waste Management | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Mycotecture off Planet: En Route to the Moon and Mars | Active | 3 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | — | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Development of Three Models for Generating the Electric Arc needed to Modify a Shock Wave, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Aerodynamics | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| A Lightweight, Multifunctional Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite for Neutron Shielding | Completed | 3 | Protection Systems | University of Florida | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Conformal Nanotube Baffle for a Compact Coronagraph | Completed | 7 | — | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Photonic Crystal Fiber Interferometry for Lidar Applications | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Improving Low-Temperature Performance of Battery Anodes Based on Surface-Controlled Charge Storage Mechanism | Completed | 3 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Reducing Cost of Space Photovoltaics via Sound-Assisted Substrate Reuse | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Crystal Sonic, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Power Full-Scale Annular Plasma Engine Demonstration | Completed | 6 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| New Flight Data Acquisition Techniques for Store Separation | Completed | 3 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Origami-Based Deployable Composite Super-Structures | Completed | 4 | Computational Materials | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Speed Measurements of Multiple Species and Temperature in Composite Solid Propellant Flames | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Next Generation Silicon Based Solar Arrays for Space Stations and Other Permanent Space Infrastructure | Completed | 4 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Solestial, Inc. | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultra-compact On-chip Integrated Spectrometers based on Metasurfaces | Completed | 3 | Field and Particle Detectors | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Compact and LWIR-Augmented WARS (CLAW), Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Method for Determining Vaporization Parameters | Completed | 2 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| THEIA – Thermal History Exploration Instrument for Artemis | Completed | 4 | Destination Resource Exploration | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Lithography to Maximize Performance of Wafer-thin Integrated Photonic Spectrographs, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advancement of Deep Learning and Geometric Methods for Active Terrain Relative Navigation | Completed | 5 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| F-18 Stereo Vision Data collection - FY18 | Completed | 5 | Relative Navigation Sensors | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Astro-Interferometric Modeling and Spatio-Spectral Reconstruction | Completed | 3 | Science Modeling | University of Rochester | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Additive Manufacturing of Novel Transition Metal Boride Material System Resistant to Wear and Corrosion for Lunar and Planetary Exploration, Year 2 | Completed | 3 | Materials for Extreme Environments | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Magnetron Sputter Deposition System for the Development of Multilayer X-ray Optic, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Sulfur Cathode for High-Energy Li-Sulfur Battery | Completed | 5 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| InAs Schottky Diode Based Mixers for Submillimeter-wave Heterodyne Instruments, Year 1 | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Stratospheric Free-Flight Dynamics Testing of Entry Capsules | Completed | 5 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Stochastic Multiscale Fatigue Life Prediction Framework for Next Generation Durability and Damage Tolerance | Completed | 4 | Computational Materials | Vanderbilt University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Feasibility Study for a 30 K to 4.5 K Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator | Completed | 2 | Cryogenic/Thermal Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Electronegative Gas Thruster - Direct Thrust Measurement | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Shape Memory Alloys for Regulating TCS in Space (SMARTS-TP) | Completed | 6 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Paragon Space Development Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Miniature Biometric Sensor | Completed | 3 | Contactless and Wearable Human Health and Performance Monitoring | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Real-Time Structural Overload Control via Control Allocation Optimization | Completed | 5 | — | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Effluent Scrubbing of Engine Exhaust of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine Project | Completed | 2 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Reconfiguring Worlds with Simple Actuation via Physics-Based Nonprehensile Actions | Completed | 3 | Autonomous, Real-Time Command and Control | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Elevated Temperature Irradiation Testing of Cermet Fuels for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Completed | 4 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Photolithographically Textured Silicon Lenses for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | California Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Making Rocket Fuel from Moon Rocks: Silicon-Liquid Oxygen (SiLOX) as a Hybrid Propellant | Completed | 2 | Hybrids | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Developing Principles for Effective Human Collaboration with Free-Flying Robots | Completed | 3 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | University of Colorado Boulder | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Prototyping Tensegrity Lander Systems for Icy Terrain, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Virtual Meteorological Towers and Optical Air Data Systems for Mars Exploration and Colonization | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Digital Materials (DM) | Completed | — | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Effect(s) of Residual Water System Silver Biocide on Space Crop Microbiome and Nutrient Content | Completed | 3 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Unlocking Memory Metal Power Generation & Energy Conversion, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | — | Stennis Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Phase-change Reconfigurable Optical WavEfront Synthesis System (PROWESS) | Completed | 2 | Optical Components | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Algorithms and Techniques for Environmental Sensing and Spacecraft Monitoring | Completed | 3 | Science, Engineering, and Mission Data Life Cycle | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Dynamically Step Locked Seed Laser for Cross-Cutting SmallSat Water Vapor and Methane DIAL, Year 2 | Completed | 5 | Sensors and Instruments | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fluidic Telescope Experiment (FLUTE), Year 1 | Completed | 4 | Microgravity Construction and Assembly | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Plasma Rapid Oxidation Technique for Extending Component Tenability (PROTECT) | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
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