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Nov 13, 2023Sailors 3D-Print Critical Component at Sea Using Johns Hopkins APL-Installed Hybrid Manufacturing System
Sailors aboard the USS Bataan turned the additive manufacturing at sea concept into reality after successfully fabricating and installing a stainless steel sprayer plate to repair the USS Bataan’s ballasting system. The machinists used a hybrid manufacturing system that was developed and installed on the ship with support from APL and Naval Sea Systems Command, allowing the ship to avoid costly repairs and resume operations. -
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Nov 7, 2023DART Team Earns Smithsonian Michael Collins Trophy for Successful Planetary Defense Test Mission
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will be honored with the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. For its work developing and managing the first-ever planetary defense test mission, the team at Johns Hopkins APL and NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) is being lauded for outstanding achievements in the fields of aerospace science and technology. -
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Nov 2, 2023Johns Hopkins APL’s Camera Reveals Surprise for NASA’s Lucy Mission in First Asteroid Encounter
NASA's Lucy mission team got a bit of a surprise when looking at images that the Johns Hopkins APL-built L’LORRI instrument onboard captured during the spacecraft's first encounter with an asteroid, called Dinkinesh. Instead of seeing just one asteroid, there were two. -
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Oct 26, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Develop Advanced Material for Efficient Thermal Management
Researchers at APL have made a significant breakthrough in the development of advanced technology that can change a material’s behavior depending on the temperature, potentially revolutionizing energy-efficient thermal management. -
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Oct 23, 2023Tunnel Visions
Well before NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander soars through Titan’s skies, APL researchers are making sure their designs and models for the nuclear-powered, car-sized drone will work in a truly alien environment. The team has been testing its flight systems in wind tunnel facilities at NASA’s Langley Research Center. -
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Oct 17, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Engineer Helps Teens Launch Their Futures With CubeSat Project
Dave Copeland is launching the next generation of engineers by teaching middle and high school students how to design and build a small satellite. The students’ small satellite was selected for a ride to space through NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. -
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Oct 13, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Science Instrument Flying on Psyche to Uncover Asteroid’s Mysteries
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, the first mission sent to study a potentially metal-rich asteroid, launched on Oct. 13 carrying a Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS) developed at APL. -
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Oct 11, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Teaming With DARPA to Accelerate Interoperability Standards for Commercial Lunar Infrastructure
APL is applying its expertise in lunar science and technology to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative to identify and propose interoperating standards for commercial infrastructure on the Moon. -
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Oct 11, 2023Johns Hopkins APL Programs Develop Maryland’s Future STEM Workforce
In the past five years, nearly 17,000 Maryland students have participated in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs at APL — including high numbers of minority and female students, who are often underrepresented in STEM fields. -
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Oct 10, 2023Women in Aerospace Lauds Johns Hopkins APL’s Mosavi-Hoyer for Outreach Leadership
Nelli Mosavi-Hoyer, APL’s project manager for NASA’s EZIE and Van Allen Probes missions, was recognized with Women in Aerospace’s 2023 Aerospace Awareness Award for her leadership and outreach efforts.