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News From Impact to Innovation: A Year of Science and Triumph for Historic DART Mission Sep 26, 2023
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Sep 28, 2023Awakening Interest in an Under-studied Brain System
Johns Hopkins APL scientists are working to advance our understanding of the glymphatic system — an under-studied waste clearance system for the brain — and the role it plays in sleep, memory consolidation, degenerative illnesses and more. -
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Sep 28, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Partners With Space Systems Command to Evaluate New Classified Ground Systems Software
APL has forged a new partnership with the Space Systems Command to evaluate ground systems being designed for a new classified satellite network. The Lab will help ensure the government is using best software and cybersecurity practices while prototyping and demonstrating the new ground system. -
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Sep 27, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Undersea Warfare Expert Earns National Defense Industrial Association Bronze Medal
Lee Rogers, chief engineer of the Sea Control Mission Area at APL, was awarded the Bronze Medal Award for Technical Achievement in Undersea Warfare at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2023 Undersea Warfare Fall Conference. -
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Sep 26, 2023From Impact to Innovation: A Year of Science and Triumph for Historic DART Mission
Last fall, the world watched as the DART spacecraft — the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — guided itself toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a direct collision, a major technical achievement and the first successful planetary defense test in history. As a part of NASA’s overall planetary defense strategy, DART’s impact with the asteroid Dimorphos demonstrated a viable mitigation technique for protecting the planet from an Earth-bound asteroid, if one were discovered. Revisit DART’s triumphant collision with Dimorphos and the resulting year of science analysis and discoveries that followed. -
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Sep 21, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Earns Certification From Howard County Public Schools’ Technical Education Program
The Howard County certification enables APL to hire recent graduates with prior technical education and hands-on experience.
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