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 358 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Radioisotope Power Systems For Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions | Completed | 2 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | — | 2026-02-13 | — |
| PERISCOPE: PERIapsis Subsurface Cave OPtical Explorer (PERISCOPE) | Completed | 2 | Destination Resource Exploration | Nosanov Consulting, LLC | 2026-02-13 | — |
| 10 meter Sub-Orbital Large Balloon Reflector (LBR) | Completed | 2 | Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing | University of Arizona | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Exploration of Under-Ice Regions with Ocean Profiling Agents (EUROPA) | Completed | 2 | Below-Surface Mobility | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| WRANGLER: Capture and De-Spin of Asteroids and Space Debris | Completed | 2 | Capture Mechanisms and Fixtures | Tethers Unlimited Inc | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Orbiting Rainbows | Completed | 3 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| SpiderFab: Architecture for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale Apertures | Completed | 4 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Tethers Unlimited Inc | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Printable Spacecraft: Flexible Electronic Platforms for NASA Missions Project | Completed | 3 | Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array (SPS-ALPHA) | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Artemis Innovation Management Solutions | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Optically Controlled and Corrected Active Meta-material Space Structures (OCCAMS) | Completed | 2 | Mirror Systems | Neoteric Physics, Inc. | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Dual-mode Propulsion System Enabling CubeSat Exploration of the Solar System | Completed | 1 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Center for Space Nuclear Research | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Meeting the Grand Challenge of Protecting Astronaut's Health: Electrostatic Active Space Radiation Shielding for Deep Space Missions | Completed | 2 | Protection Systems | Langley Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Deep Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies with Galactic Cosmic Ray Secondary Particle Showers | Completed | 3 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Johnson Space Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Ghost Imaging of Space Objects | Completed | 2 | Tests, Tools, and Methods | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| The Potential for Ambient Plasma Wave Propulsion | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Ohio Aerospace Institute | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Steering of Solar Sails Using Optical Lift Force | Completed | 1 | Solar Sails | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2026-02-13 | — |
| An Innovative Solution to NASA's NEO Impact Threat Mitigation Grand Challenge and Flight Validation Mission Architecture Development | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Iowa State University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Enabling All-Access Mobility for Planetary Exploration Vehicles via Transformative Reconfiguration | Completed | 2 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Transformers For Extreme Environments | Completed | 1 | Below-Surface Mobility | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Mars Ecopoiesis Test Bed | Completed | 1 | Sample Handling | Ames Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Ghost Imaging of Space Objects | Completed | 2 | Atmospheric Mitigation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Ultra-Light "Photonic Muscle" Space Structures | Completed | 2 | Mirror Systems | University of Hawaii Maui College | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Nuclear Propulsion through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy | Completed | 2 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | MSNW, LLC | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Metallic Hydrogen: A Game Changing Rocket Propellant | Completed | 2 | Hybrids | Harvard University | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Low-Mass Planar Photonic Imaging Sensor | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | University of California-Davis | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Robotic Asteroid Prospector (RAP) Staged from L-1: Start of the Deep Space Economy | Completed | 2 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Astrotecture | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Radiation Shielding Materials Containing Hydrogen, Boron, and Nitrogen: Systematic Computational and Experimental Study | Completed | 3 | Protection Systems | Langley Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Space Debris Elimination (SpaDE) | Completed | 2 | Orbital Debris Mitigation | Raytheon Company | 2026-02-13 | — |
| In-Space Propulsion Engine Architecture based on Sublimation of Planetary Resources: From Exploration Robots to NEO Mitigation | Completed | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Exploration Architecture with Quantum Inertial Gravimetry and In Situ ChipSat Sensors | Completed | 2 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Comet Hitchhiker: Harvesting Kinetic Energy from Small Bodies to Enable Fast and Low-Cost Deep Space Exploration | Completed | 1 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Regolith Derived Heat Shield for a Planetary Body Entry and Descent System with In-Situ Fabrication | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Technologies Enabling Exploration of Skylights, Lava Tubes and Caves | Completed | 3 | Below-Surface Mobility | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Contour Crafting Simulation Plan for Lunar Settlement Infrastructure Build-Up | Completed | 2 | Surface Construction and Assembly | University of Southern California | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Swarm Flyby Gravimetry | Completed | 1 | Semantic Technologies | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments | Completed | 3 | Sample Handling | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments | Completed | 4 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Atmospheric Breathing Electric Thruster for Planetary Exploration | Completed | 3 | Electromagnetic Propulsion | Busek Company, Inc. | 2026-02-13 | — |
| 3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass & Complexity | Completed | 1 | Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies | Ames Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Eternal Flight as the Solution for 'x' | Completed | 2 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Langley Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Venus Landsailing Rover | Completed | 3 | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Glenn Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| CubeRover (CubeRover-TP) | Completed | 6 | Surface Mobility | Ames Research Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Flexible Solar Arrays qual Protocols (FSAP-ACO) | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Maxar Technologies | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology (RAMPT) | Completed | 3 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Green Hydrazine Propellant Blend (GHPB-ACO) | Completed | — | Earth Storable Propellants | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. | 2026-02-13 | — |
| SpaceCraft Oxygen Recovery (SCOR) | Completed | 5 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Johnson Space Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| In Space Manufacturing - On Demand Manufacturing Metal (ISM-ODMM) | Completed | 4 | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Advanced Modular Power and Energy System (AMPES-TP) | Completed | 6 | Flight and Ground Testing Methodologies | Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Inc. | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Advanced Packaging Reflector Methods (APRM-ACO) | Completed | 4 | Computational Materials | Maxar Technologies | 2026-02-13 | — |
| Dust Mitigation for Flexible Solar Arrays (DMFlex-ACO) | Completed | 5 | Distribution and Transmission | Maxar Technologies | 2026-02-13 | — |
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