We solve complex research, engineering, and analytical problems that present critical challenges to our nation. APL—the nation’s largest university affiliated research center—provides U.S. government agencies with deep expertise in specialized fields to support national priorities and technology development programs. We also serve as independent trusted technical agents to the government, providing continuity for highly complex, multigenerational technology development systems.
Our purpose is to make critical contributions to critical challenges. At APL, we feel it is our responsibility to try to solve these national challenges with the full measure of our dedication and expertise.
The Lab’s core values are unquestionable integrity, trusted service to the nation, world-class expertise, and game-changing impact—all in an environment that is collaborative, fulfilling (and even fun!).
APL’s purpose and core values guide our future, and it is no less than to create defining innovations that ensure our nation’s preeminence in the 21st century.
September 26, 2022
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration, successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday — the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. Mission control at APL announced the successful impact at 7:14 p.m. EDT.
September 24, 2022
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is set to make history next Monday as the world’s first planetary defense test, and the spacecraft’s own “mini-photographer” LICIACube (short for Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids) is warming up to capture the event.
September 20, 2022
After capturing images of one of the brightest stars in Earth’s night sky, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft turned its camera toward another eye-catching spectacle: Jupiter and its four largest moons.
September 20, 2022
James Miller and David Van Wie have been appointed to the Defense Science Board, a federal advisory committee chartered to provide Department of Defense leadership with independent advice and recommendations on matters related to strengthening national security.
September 19, 2022
A Johns Hopkins APL and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine team earned a best paper award at the 2022 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, for documenting how they developed an interactive microseminar to teach neuroscience, robotics and computer science to high school students.
September 15, 2022
The small satellite companion aboard NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has successfully separated from the main spacecraft, popping out of its spring-loaded box to capture valuable information about DART’s impact into an asteroid that will inform future planetary defense efforts.
September 7, 2022
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft recently got its first look at Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, Dimorphos.
September 7, 2022
Through a pilot program run in partnership between NASA’s Glenn Research Center and APL, students worked virtually with NASA experts to develop concepts for new science missions that require nuclear power systems to reach the deep solar system.
September 6, 2022
APL researchers earned two first-place awards and one second-place award in an additive manufacturing modeling challenge led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
September 6, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL celebrated staff members’ initiatives and accomplishments during the 2022 APL Achievement Awards ceremony. The event recognized 178 staff members as part of 29 winning entries.
September 1, 2022
Building on rapid genomics capabilities developed to respond to outbreaks and pandemics like COVID-19, a team of APL researchers ventured to Monterey Bay and the Arctic to characterize the underwater world.
