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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21,176 projects harvested so far — page 357 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prediction of Regolith Ejection During Extraterrestrial Landings | Completed | 3 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | University of Colorado Boulder | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Small Satellite Attitude Determination and Control | Completed | 3 | Onboard Attitude and Attitude Rate Estimation Algorithms | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Hierarchical Oxide Nanostructures for High Performance Energy Storage | Completed | 3 | Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Advancing Radar Technologies for Space Exploration | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Development of High Performance Hybrid Fuels | Completed | 3 | Hybrids | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Consistent Particle-Continuum Modeling and Simulation of Flows in Strong Thermochemical Nonequilibrium | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Mission Design and Orbit Maintenance Strategies in the Earth-Moon System | Completed | 3 | Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Multi-Functional Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Completed | 3 | Smart Materials | Case Western Reserve University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Use of the Mars Atmosphere To Improve Performance of Supersonic Retropropulsion | Completed | 3 | Supersonic Retropropulsion | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Avionics for Hibernation and Recovery on Planetary Surfaces | Completed | 3 | Advanced Concepts for Energy Storage | Carnegie Mellon University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| High-Resolution Gamma-Ray Detection Using Phonon-Mediated Detection | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | California Institute of Technology | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Algorithmic Foundations for Real-Time and Dependable Spacecraft Motion Planning | Completed | 3 | Path Planning | Stanford University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Coronagraphic Planet Finding with Energy Resolving Detectors | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Guidance and Control for Entry Vehicles with Deployable Hypersonic Decelerators | Completed | 3 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Homogenization and Optimization of Electrodes and Photovoltaic Cells with Periodic Nanoscopic Geometry | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Sensory Integration and Decision Making Based on Insect Brain Model | Completed | 3 | Modularity, Commonality, and Interfaces | Case Western Reserve University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Optimal Aerodynamic Forms for High-Lift, Low-Drag Planetary Entry | Completed | 3 | Hypersonic Decelerators | University of Maryland-College Park | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Modeling Cable-Harness Effects on Spacecraft Structures | Completed | 3 | Structural Dynamics | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Development of Perovskite-Based Photovoltaic Cells for Extraterrestrial Energy Generation | Completed | 3 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | University of Delaware | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Development of Multi‐Modal, High‐Density Electrospray Porous Metal Thrusters | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Development of Reconfigurable Ka-Band Antenna Array | Completed | 3 | Innovative Antennas | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Development and Characterization of Fast Burning Solid Fuels/Propellants for Hybrid Rocket Motors with High Volumetric Efficiency | Completed | 3 | Hybrids | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Interfacial Instability in Two-Phase Flow: Manipulating Coalescence and Condensation | Completed | 3 | Heat Transport | Cornell University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Burning Rate Emulator Experiments for Spacecraft Fire Safety | Completed | 3 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | University of Maryland-College Park | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Microfluidic Label-Free Sensing for Rapid Multiplexed Pathogen Detection in Space Missions | Completed | 3 | Waste Management | University of Houston | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Performance Quantification of Solar Sail Heliogyros for Planetary and Interplanetary Missions Using Multi-Scale Dynamics and Control Analysis | Completed | 3 | Solar Sails | University of Colorado Boulder | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Silicon-Germanium Front-End Electronics for Space-Based Radar Applications | Completed | 3 | Electronics | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Hypersonic Reusable Technologies for Access to Space | Completed | 3 | Ramjet/Scramjet | Stanford University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| The Aragoscope: Ultra-High Resolution Optics at Low Cost | Completed | 1 | Mirror Systems | University of Colorado Boulder | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken | Completed | 2 | Below-Surface Mobility | Glenn Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Entanglement-assisted Communication System for NASA's Deep-Space Missions: Feasibility Test and Conceptual Design | Completed | 2 | Quantum Communications | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Variable Vector Countermeasure Suit for Space Habitation and Exploration (V2Suit) | Completed | 3 | Decompression Sickness Mitigation | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Laser-Based Optical Trap for Remote Sampling of Interplanetary and Atmospheric Particulate Matter | Completed | 2 | V&V of Software systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Radiation Protection and Architecture Utilizing High Temperature Superconducting Magnets | Completed | 4 | Protection Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Using the Hottest Particles in the Universe to Probe Icy Solar System Worlds | Completed | 1 | Engine Icing | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Printable Spacecraft: Flexible Electronic Platforms for NASA Missions | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Robust Optimal Fragmentation and Dispersion of Near-Earth Objects | Completed | 2 | Other Advanced Concepts for Generating and Converting Power | Iowa State University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Proposal for a Concept Assessment of a Fission Fragment Rocket Engine (FFRE) Propelled Spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) | Completed | 2 | Electromagnetic Tethers | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| 10 meter Sub-Orbital Large Balloon Reflector (LBR) | Completed | 2 | Innovative Antennas | University of Arizona | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Plasmonic Force Propulsion Revolutionizes Nano/PicoSatellite Capability | Completed | 1 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Growth Adapted Tensegrity Structures - A New Calculus for the Space Economy | Completed | 2 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Magnetically Enabled Structures Using Interacting Coils (MAGESTIC) | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Concepts | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2026-02-13 | — |
| MAGNETOUR: Surfing Planetary Systems on Electromagnetic and Multi-Body Gravity Fields | Completed | 2 | Electromagnetic Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies | Completed | 3 | Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Economical Radioisotope Power | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Center for Space Nuclear Research | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Aneutronic Fusion Spacecraft Architecture | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Low Power Microrobotics Utilizing Biologically Inspired Energy Generation | Completed | 2 | V&V of Software systems | Naval Research Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Titan Aerial Daughtercraft | Completed | 1 | Above-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| SpiderFab: Process for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale Apertures | Completed | 3 | Microgravity Construction and Assembly | Tethers Unlimited Inc | 2026-02-13 | — |
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