Recent News and Press Releases
Press Release
Jan 12, 2026
NASA’s IMAP Reaches Orbit to Start Study of Heliosphere and Space Weather
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has reached its destination of the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1), where it will start its prime mission of studying the heliosphere and space weather.
News
Jan 9, 2026
Global Partners to Highlight BOLT Hypersonic Experiment Success
Learning from an anomaly during the first BOLT-1A flight, the successful BOLT-1B follow-on flight experiment collected hundreds of critical measurements, providing data to advance understanding of complex physics important to hypersonic flight.
News
Dec 19, 2025
NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate First-of-Its-Kind Space Communications
NASA and APL have successfully tested a wideband technology that enabled, for the first time, a spacecraft to communicate with both government and commercial networks.
Press Release
Dec 16, 2025
Chen Named National Security Analysis Department Head at Johns Hopkins APL
APL has named Yu-Han “Hugh” Chen as head of the National Security Analysis Department (NSAD). Chen, who previously served as the department’s chief analyst, will lead APL’s work providing integrated technical and operational analysis to inform national security decisions.
Press Release
Dec 12, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL-Led Team Releases Predictive Space Weather Model to Public
A predictive space weather model developed by APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is now widely available to researchers and the broader public.