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 377 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fault Tree Generation and Augmentation | Completed | 5 | Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling | WW Technology Group | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Gas Separations for Lunar ISRU with Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes | Completed | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | University of Colorado Boulder | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT) | Completed | — | Surface Construction and Assembly | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Energetic Ion Mitigation Methodology for High Power Plasma Thruster Cathodes | Completed | 4 | Electrostatic Propulsion | ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Development of New Technologies for Modified Collins Cycle Expanders | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Advanced Visualization Pipeline for Granular Material; ISRU; and Exploration | Completed | 4 | In Situ Resource Use | Glenn Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| LITTLE OWL (Low SWAP-C Nighttime Landing Hazard Detection System) | Completed | 4 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Falcon ExoDynamics, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Dispersion Compensation of Mid-Infrared Frequency Comb Spectrometer for Planetary Science | Completed | 2 | Optical Components | Princeton University | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Enabling Low-power Smart Sensors with Machine Learning Calibration | Completed | 2 | Intelligent Data Understanding | SUNY at Albany | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Utilizing asexual reproductive abilities of Kalanchoe for a space-based biomanufacturing system | Active | 2 | Habitation Systems | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2026-05-06 | High |
| Highly Parallel, Fast Memory, Peripheral Access for RISC-V Many-Core Processors | Completed | 3 | Flight Computing and Avionics | Lewiz Communications, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Structural Integrity Inspection and Visualization System | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Concepts | Physical Optics Corporation | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Investigation of Noncondensable and Autogenous Unsettled Cryogenic Pressurization Schemes in Reduced Gravity | Completed | 6 | Cryogenic Propulsion | The Aerospace Corporation | 2026-05-06 | — |
| In-Flight Food Systems' Effect on Astronaut Health | Completed | 1 | Long-Duration Health | Ames Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Calculation of Effective Material Strengths for 3D Woven Hybrid Preforms and Composites | Completed | 4 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Materials Research and Design, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Design and fabrication of a microgravity capable sanitization unit | Completed | 2 | Food Production, Processing, and Preservation | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Atmospheric Observational Capability on Commercial Reusable Launch Vehicles | Completed | 6 | Atmospheric Characterization and Mitigation | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Improved Nucleation-Mode Aerosol Sizing Spectrometry through Pulse Height Analysis (NMASS-PHA) | Completed | 3 | Environment Sensors | Langley Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Biological Augmentation of Off-World Regolith using Aeroponics to Support Regenerative Cropping Operations | Active | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Texas A & M University-College Station | 2026-05-06 | High |
| Ultra-Conductive Copper Wires for LUNAR HVPT | Completed | 4 | Distribution and Transmission | The University of Texas at Austin | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Fusion Enhanced Vehicle Level Diagnostic System | Completed | 5 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Global Technology Connection, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Develop Human Brain Organoid-on-Chip Testbed and Novel Antioxidant Countermeasure Cocktails for In-Flight Brain Damage | Completed | 2 | Radiation Mitigation and Biological Countermeasures | Utah State University | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Application of a novel distillation reverse osmosis process to reduce mass and improve performance in spacecraft and planetary water recovery systems | Completed | 2 | Water Recovery and Management | University of Colorado Boulder | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Adaptive Controls for Active Structural Control | Completed | 2 | Autonomous Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Multi-Configuration Matched Spectral Filter Core | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Optra, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Effects of Extraterrestrial Gravity on Soil Fluidization Imposed by an Ultrasonic Probe | Completed | 4 | In Situ Resource Use | Glenn Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Quantum Communication Links using Coherent-Filter-Based Transmitter-Receiver Pairs | Completed | 4 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | University of Oregon | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Space Qualified, Radiation Hardened, Dense Monolithic Flash Memory | Completed | 5 | Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations | Space Micro, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| "Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances" | Completed | — | Solar Thermal Propulsion | — | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Alternative Hydrocarbon Propulsion for Nano / Micro Launch Vehicle | Completed | 7 | Earth Storable Propellants | Garvey Spacecraft Corporation | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge (SSDBD) Device for Turbulent Skin Friction Drag Reduction and Flow Control | Completed | 4 | Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions | Spectral Energies, LLC | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Cooperative Control and Localization of Multiple Spacecraft using a Multi-Agent Mission Operations System | Completed | 5 | — | Interstel Technologies, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| ACCURACy: Adaptive Calibration of CUbesat RAdiometer Constellations | Completed | 2 | Detectors and Focal Planes | SUNY at Albany | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Ion Optics Development for the iBeam Approach for Planetary Defense | Completed | 3 | Electric Space Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Rapid Computational Methods for the Evaluation of Distributed Space Mission Performance | Completed | 2 | Tools and Methodologies for Defining Mission Architectures and Mission Design | University of Central Florida | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Digitally-Engineered Impact Resistant Aerogel Composites for MMOD Protection | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| High Power Density Pressurized Monolithic Zirconia Electrolyzers | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Alternative energy materials | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Lab-on-a-Robot Platform for In-Situ Planetary Compositional Analysis | Completed | 8 | Detectors and Focal Planes | HJ Science & Technology, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Microsatellite Direct Drive SEP Module for Interplanetary Exploration via Rideshare | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | ExoTerra Resource, LLC | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Development of a high-fidelity emulator of a full physics model for dense observing systems in atmospheric science | Completed | 3 | Science Modeling | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Flame Retardant Polyamide Fibers for Space Crew Clothing | Active | 4 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Materials Modification, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | Medium |
| Low Temperature Trash Gasification Reactor | Completed | 5 | Logistics Management | TDA Research, Inc. | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Analysis and simulation of robot-terrain interaction sound for estimation of terrain properties and detection of anomalies | Active | 2 | Modeling and Simulation for Robots | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2026-05-06 | High |
| In-Space Cryogenic Propellant Transfer (ISCPT) | Completed | 2 | Cryogenic Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Ultra-stable hyperspectral imaging spectrometer | Completed | 1 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Find me on the Moon: NASA Lunar Navigation Challenge | Completed | 3 | Navigation Technologies | Johnson Space Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Robust Onboard Decision Making with Balanced Risk and Science Utility in Dynamic Mission Conditions | Completed | 3 | Reasoning and Acting Technologies | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Orbital Power Beaming to Provide Increased Mobility; Flexibility; and Science Measurements on the Lunar Surface | Completed | 1 | Distribution and Transmission | Langley Research Center | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Stratospheric Optical Link Demonstration (SOLD) | Completed | 6 | Optical Communications | Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific | 2026-05-06 | — |
| Kilometer-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch | Completed | 3 | Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts | Carnegie Mellon University | 2026-05-06 | — |
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