Press Release
Oct 21, 2015
Robert Farquhar, “Grand Master” of Celestial Maneuvers, Dies at Age 83
Robert W. Farquhar (Ret. 2007), a planetary pioneer who designed some of the most esoteric and complex spacecraft trajectories ever attempted, died from complications following a respiratory illness at his home in Burke, Virginia, on Oct. 18.
Press Release
Oct 15, 2015
New Horizons Team Publishes First Research Paper in Science, Describing Numerous Pluto System Findings
From Pluto’s unusual heart-shaped region to its extended atmosphere and intriguing moons, New Horizons has revealed a degree of diversity and complexity in the Pluto system that few expected in the frigid outer reaches of the solar system.
Press Release
Oct 7, 2015
New Emergency Alert Technology Could Fine-Tune Warnings for Smartphones
Smartphones — owned by a record 64 percent of American adults — are increasingly used as effective means to deliver emergency alerts issued by state and federal agencies.
Press Release
Sep 28, 2015
NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) — including data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), built and operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland — provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
Press Release
Sep 17, 2015
TIMED Mission Celebrates 5,000 Days of Continuous Data Collection, Sixth Extended Mission
The NASA TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) spacecraft, which studies the impact of solar- and human-induced disturbances on Earth’s upper atmosphere, celebrated 5,000 days of continuous data collection on Aug. 15.
Press Release
Sep 9, 2015
APL–Stanford Team Uncovers Internal Temperature Maximum and Offers Path Toward Safer Fast-Charging of Lithium-Ion Batteries
A team from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Stanford University took an important step toward safer and faster charging of lithium-ion batteries by advancing the capability for dynamic, noninvasive internal temperature measurement.
Press Release
Sep 1, 2015
Johns Hopkins APL, Wilmer Eye Institute to Develop Tools to Detect Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop image analysis and machine-learning tools to detect age-related macular degeneration.
Press Release
Aug 24, 2015
APL Staff Members to Receive Women of Color Technology Awards
Three staff members from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will receive 2015 Women of Color Technology Awards for their accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields.
Press Release
Jul 20, 2015
NASA’s New Horizons ‘Phones Home’ Safe after Pluto Flyby
The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell the mission team and the world it had accomplished the historic first-ever flyby of Pluto.
Media Advisory
Jul 16, 2015
Explore Pluto and NASA’s Historic New Horizons Mission at Plutopalooza at Johns Hopkins APL
Join us to celebrate the recent New Horizons Pluto flyby at Plutopalooza on Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.