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 373 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robust Optimization of Electrospray Thrusters through Reduced-Fidelity Modeling and Rapid Prototyping | Completed | 2 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Break the Ice - Phase 2 | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Opportunistic Software Experiments for Spacecraft Autonomy Test-beds (OSE-SAT) | Completed | 3 | Adaptive Network Topology | Ames Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Computationally Efficient and Scalable Optimization of Low-Thrust, Many-Revolution Trajectories in Multibody Dynamic Environments | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | The University of Texas at Austin | 2026-05-06 | — |
| WARS Spyder / Thermal System Sensor | Active | 4 | Environment Sensors | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2026-05-06 | Medium |
| LunaRecycle - Phase 1 (Luna) | Completed | 2 | Waste Management | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| A Scalable and QoS-Driven Cognitive Routing Capability for Lunar Delay-Tolerant Networks | Completed | 4 | Adaptive Network Topology | University of Houston | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars Transfer | Completed | — | Atmosphere Revitalization | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Flexible Low Cost Avionics for NanoSatellite Launch Vehicle Control and GPS Metric Tracking | Completed | 4 | Flexible Material Systems | Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| High-Sensitivity Temperature Sensing using Holey Silicon-Based Thermopiles | Active | 2 | Cryogenic/Thermal Systems | University of California-Irvine | 2026-05-06 | High |
| Development of cryogenic propellant storage tank inner surface coating for elimination of cryogen boiloff in reduced gravity | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | University of Florida | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Safe and Informative Navigation of Unmapped Terrain using Neural Radiance Fields | Active | 2 | Robot Navigation and Path Planning | Stanford University | 2026-05-06 | High |
| Integrated Testbed for Environmental Analysis of NextGen Concepts using ACES | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Intelligent Automation, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Highly Extendable Vine Robots for Planetary Exploration and Sampling | Active | 2 | Surface Mobility | Harvard University | 2026-05-06 | High |
| Characterization of Lithium-Ion battery cycling through the freeze-thaw process | Completed | 2 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2026-05-06 | — |
| AVA in flight | Completed | 6 | Spacecraft Command and Data Handling Systems | Ames Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| A Real-Time Fault Management Software System for Distributed Environments | Completed | 5 | Navigation Sensors | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VIRTUAL ORG | 2026-05-06 | — |
| “Disruptive Filter Technology for Spacecraft Water Treatment: The New Promise of Graphene” | Completed | 3 | Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Solar White Wrap | Completed | 4 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Probabilistic Generative Terrain Mapping for Planetary Rovers | Completed | 2 | Robot Navigation and Path Planning | Carnegie Mellon University | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Solar System Angular Momentum Effect on Solar Activity | Completed | 3 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories | Completed | — | Mirror Systems | Ames Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Novel dual quaternion based model and control for gravity recovery missions | Completed | 2 | Onboard Navigation Algorithms | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Acoustic-Field Aerosol Separator for Planetary Atmospheric Sampling | Active | 2 | Environment Sensors | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 2026-05-06 | High |
| Acoustic Data-based Characterization of Incipient Boiling for Space Applications | Completed | 4 | Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis | Ames Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Using World Models to Enable Safety Assurances for Uncertain High-Dimensional Systems | Active | 2 | Surface Mobility | University of Southern California | 2026-05-06 | High |
| Lifetime Trend Testing of the Phase Four RF Thruster for Small Spacecraft Missions (RF Thruster) | Completed | 8 | Electrothermal Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Frequency Agile Mid-IR Source for Planetary Exploration | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Novawave Technologies | 2026-05-06 | — |
| High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for Cubesat Missions | Completed | 8 | Electrothermal Propulsion | Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Highly mobile, self-anchoring robots for coordinated, high-force environmental interaction | Completed | 2 | Collaborative Mobility | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Stability of in-space cryogenic systems | Completed | 6 | Cryogenic Propulsion | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Regeneratively-Cooled, Pump-Fed Propulsion Technology for Nano / Micro Satellite Launch Vehicles | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Astra Space, Inc | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Determination of Cryogenic Pool Boiling and Subsurface Helium Pressurization Characteristics in Reduced Gravity | Completed | 6 | Cryogenic Propulsion | University of Florida | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source at 1030nm for LIDAR Remote Sensing | Completed | 3 | — | Freedom Photonics, LLC | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Space Waste Revolution Challenge | Completed | 2 | Logistics Management | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies | Completed | 2 | Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility | Stanford University | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE) | Completed | — | Other Exploration Destination Systems | — | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Quantum Phase Unwrapping | Completed | 2 | Quantum Computer | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| FarView Observatory – A Large, In-Situ Manufactured, Lunar Far Side Radio Array | Completed | — | Manufacturing Processes | Lunar Resources, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Multifunctional Composite Textile Materials for Advanced Spacesuits | Completed | 2 | Special Materials | Rice University | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Oscillating Heat Pipe Thermal Hinge for Passive Thermal Management | Completed | 2 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Brigham Young University-Provo | 2026-05-06 | — |
| SmallSat Steward: Autonomous Online Learning and Planning for Safe Inspection of Cislunar Stations | Completed | 3 | Edge Computing | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Intelligent Perception for Autonomous Characterization and Relative Navigation of Small Bodies | Completed | 2 | Navigation Sensors | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Numerical Methods for Distributed Spacecraft Remote Sensing Coverage Analysis | Completed | 2 | Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design | The University of Texas at Austin | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cis-lunar Operations (DRACO) | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Deep Space PNT Instrument (DESPINA) | Completed | 3 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2026-05-06 | — |
| High SBS-Threshold Er/Yb Co-Doped Phosphate Glass Fiber Amplifiers for High Power, Sub-us Pulsed, Narrow Linewidth, All Fiber-Based Laser Transmitter | Completed | — | Lasers | NP Photonics, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| The Nyx Mission to Observe the Universe from Deep Space - Enabled by EmberCore, a High Specific Power RadioisotopeElectric Propulsion System | Completed | — | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation-Technologies | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Relative Position Sensing System for Precision Formation Flying Spacecraft | Completed | 4 | Distributed Aperture | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| GEAR3: Genetically Engineered Automatable Real-time cell Radiation Reporters | Completed | 2 | Radiation Transport and Risk Modeling | Ames Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
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