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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| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metallic TPS (BlueTPS - ACO) | Completed | — | Thermal Protection Systems | Langley Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Demonstrating Lunar Tire Technology Readiness (Lunar Tire - ACO) | Completed | 5 | Surface Mobility | Venturi Astrolab | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Neuromorphic chip for sensing, situational awareness, and decision making in radiative environments (NCS-SBIR SEQ) | Completed | 6 | High-Performance Processors | Ames Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| High Performance Polymer for Dust Tolerant Extreme Environment Bearings (DTEEB-SEQ) | Completed | 3 | Mechanism-Life-Extension Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Integration of Dust Resisting Secondary Emission Engineered Passive Thermal Control Material Systems (TCMS) Coating (PTCS-DUST-SEQ) | Completed | 4 | Coatings | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Fully Additively-Manufactured LOX-LH2 Engine Demonstration (FAMLLE - ACO) | Completed | — | Cryogenic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Fundamental Regolith Properties, Handling, and Water Capture (FLEET) | Completed | — | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Glenn Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Molten Regolith Electrolysis Tech Maturation (MRE) | Completed | — | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) | Completed | 6 | Dexterous Manipulation | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Dust Mitigation Demonstration (DM-DEM) | Completed | 3 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Lunar DEM, Mapping, Modeling, and Validation (LuNaMaps) | Completed | 4 | Vehicle Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Langley Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Descent Systems Study (DSS) (DSS-TASK) | Completed | — | Propulsion Systems for Landing | Langley Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Passive thermally deployed shape-memory alloy heat-pipe radiators for high-intensity small spacecraft | Completed | 3 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Passively Deployed Radial Radiator for Transfer and Rejection of CubeSat Waste Heat | Completed | 4 | Heat Rejection and Storage | University of Dayton | 2026-07-31 | — |
| SCALES: Spacecraft Compartmentalized Autonomous Learning and Edge-computing System (SCALES) | Completed | 4 | Edge Computing | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Hydrogen Electrical Power System (HEPS) (HEPS) | Completed | 4 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc. | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Aerosol Rapid Analysis Combined Entry Probe/sonde Technology (AERACEPT) | Completed | 4 | Sample Handling | Ames Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Carbon Utilization Technology for Lunar and Atmospheric Systems (CUTLAS) | Completed | 5 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Glenn Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Closing of Critical Technology Gaps for High-Efficiency Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines | Completed | 6 | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Starling 1.5 (Starling 1.5) | Completed | 3 | Integrated Network Management | Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Development of an ASCENT Gas Feed System for the Phase Four RF Thruster (ASCENT) | Completed | 3 | Electrothermal Propulsion | Phase Four LLC | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Machine Learning Software Tool for Rocket Engine Anomaly Detection and Health Monitoring | Completed | 2 | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Coded Aperture Wolter Prototype Hybrid Imager (CAWPHI) | Completed | 2 | Sensors and Instruments | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Materials for wide temperature lunar/Martian batteries | Completed | 2 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Glenn Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| RADIAL Connector Demonstration for Dusty Mechanism Modeling | Completed | 3 | Other Ground, Testing, and Surface Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Thermal Control System Architecture for Exploration | Completed | 2 | Thermal Management Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Biomanufacturing: Bacterial Adhesives | Completed | 3 | Exploration Destination Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| In Space Manufacturing of Thermoelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting | Completed | 2 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-07-31 | — |
| Mini Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (MiniTOCA) | Active | 6 | Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-03 | Medium |
| Medical Oxygen (MedOx) | Active | 6 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-03 | Medium |
| Nitrogen Resupply | Active | 4 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-03 | Medium |
| Silver Biocide | Active | 5 | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-03 | Medium |
| Biofilms | Active | 4 | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-03 | Medium |
| Iodine Removal Hot Side | Active | 3 | Water Recovery and Management | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-03 | High |
| TRANSCEND: Trustworthy Resilient Autonomous agents for Safe City transportation in the Evolving New Decade | Active | 1 | Operational Assurance of Autonomous Systems | Florida Institute of Technology | 2026-08-03 | High |
| Communication-Aware Dispersed Autonomy and Safety (CODAS) | Active | 1 | Cognitive Networking | University of Colorado Boulder | 2026-08-03 | High |
| Safety Aware Learning and Assured Autonomy for Aviation Applications (SALA4) | Active | 2 | Architecture and Design of Autonomous Systems | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 2026-08-03 | High |
| Advanced Aerodynamic Design Center for Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles | Completed | 3 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 2026-08-03 | — |
| Innovative Manufacturing, Operation, and Certification of Advanced Structures for Civil Vertical Lift Vehicles (IMOCAS) | Completed | 6 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2026-08-03 | — |
| Crew Health and Performance Integrated Data System Platform (CHP-IDSP) | Active | 4 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Johnson Space Center | 2026-08-04 | Medium |
| Autonomous Robot Swarms for Lunar Orbit Servicing and Space Asset Assembly (AstroAnts) | Completed | 6 | Execution and Control | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2026-08-05 | — |
| Advanced Transfer and Relay Stage | Active | — | Propulsion Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-08-05 | — |
| High Power Density Motors/Generators for Single and Double Aisle Passenger Aircraft using Multifilamentary High Purity Aluminum Coils at 20K | Active | — | Propulsion Systems | Glenn Research Center | 2026-08-05 | — |
| An Adjacent Inductive Coil Sensor System for Structural Health Monitoring of the Restraint Layer (AICS) | Active | — | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2026-08-05 | — |
| Set Partitioning Framework for Identifying LRUs with Built-In Diagnostics | Active | — | Exploration Destination Systems | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-08-05 | — |
| High Energy Density, Fast Discharge Li-S Batteries for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion | Active | — | Propulsion Systems | — | 2026-08-05 | — |
| Sensors for Precision Agriculture and Crop Management Decisions | Active | — | Sensors and Instruments | Kennedy Space Center | 2026-08-05 | — |
| Phosphorus doped quantum diamond for magnetometry | Active | — | Sensors and Instruments | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2026-08-05 | — |
| Guided, Accurate Slurry drops on Fire (GAS on Fire) | Active | — | Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems | Ames Research Center | 2026-08-05 | — |
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