Press Release
Sep 12, 2002
Johns Hopkins APL Launches Online Next Generation Sensor Initiative
Called the Next Generation Sensor Initiative (NGSI), the new service is free for subscribers and promises to speed the advance of sensor technology in fields ranging from biochemical detection and chemical analysis to food processing and energy flow.
Press Release
Jul 25, 2002
Maryland MESA Students Take Second Place in National Competition
For this national event, middle and high school students from eight states competed against their respective peers by using their math and science knowledge to design a balsa wood glider that could travel long distances.
Press Release
Jul 23, 2002
APL’s Dawnielle Farrar Recognized as ‘Rising Star’ at Tech Conference
The award noted Farrar’s contributions to Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems-based (MEMS) thermal control systems for the 2004 NASA Space Technology-5 mission.
Press Release
Jul 3, 2002
CONTOUR Spacecraft Launches from Cape Canaveral
CONTOUR will orbit Earth until Aug. 15, when it’s scheduled to fire its main engine and enter a comet-chasing orbit around the sun.
Press Release
Jun 28, 2002
CONTOUR Launch Postponed
The launch of NASA’s Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket has been postponed to no earlier than Wednesday, July 3.
Press Release
Jun 24, 2002
APL-Developed DoD Capability Approved for Production and Deployment
The Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), originally conceived by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, reached a significant milestone recently when the Department of Defense announced its approval for fleetwide acquisition and fielding of the ship-based capability.
Press Release
Jun 17, 2002
APL Technology Cornerstone of First Fully Integrated Hypersonic Cruise Missile Engine Test
A team led by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, successfully conducted the first-ever ground test of a full-scale, fully integrated hypersonic cruise missile engine using conventional liquid hydrocarbon fuel.
Press Release
Jun 12, 2002
CONTOUR Mission Gets to the ‘Heart’ of Comet Diversity
Set to visit and study at least two comets, NASA’s Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) should provide the first detailed look at the differences between these primitive building blocks of the solar system, and answer questions about how comets act and evolve as they speed toward the sun.
Press Release
Jun 10, 2002
CONTOUR Prelaunch Briefing Set for June 12 at NASA Headquarters
NASA’s CONTOUR mission to two comets, set for launch July 1, will be the subject of a media briefing Wednesday, June 12, at 1 p.m. EDT at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Press Release
May 28, 2002
NASA Spacecraft Provides Critical Link in Sun–Earth Chain
NASA’s TIMED spacecraft recently observed our atmosphere’s response to a series of strong solar storms, providing important new information on the final link in the Sun–Earth Connection (SEC) chain of physical processes connecting the Sun and Earth.