Press Release
Dec 4, 2012
Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Launches Parent STEM Workshop
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., is launching its first-ever Parent STEMpowerment Workshop Dec. 9, 2012, geared to help parents of middle school students prepare their children for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.
Press Release
Dec 3, 2012
NASA’S Voyager 1 Cruising on a ‘Magnetic Highway’
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a new region on the outskirts of our solar system that appears to be a magnetic highway for charged particles. Scientists believe this is the final region Voyager has to cross before reaching interstellar space, or the space between stars.
Press Release
Nov 29, 2012
MESSENGER Finds New Evidence for Water Ice at Mercury’s Poles
New observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant water ice and other frozen volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.
Press Release
Nov 9, 2012
NASA Renames Mission to Honor James Van Allen, Pioneering Physicist and APL Trailblazer
NASA has officially renamed the recently launched mission to study Earth’s radiation belts the Van Allen Probes, in honor of the late James Van Allen. Van Allen was the head of the physics department at the University of Iowa who is recognized for his discovery in 1958 of radiation belts encircling Earth.
Press Release
Oct 4, 2012
MESSENGER Mission Receives Prestigious IAA Award
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has awarded its 2012 Laurels for Team Achievement to the team leading NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission to the innermost planet.
Press Release
Sep 20, 2012
Dawn Spacecraft Sees Hydrated Minerals on Giant Asteroid
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed that the giant asteroid Vesta has its own version of ring around the collar. Scientists from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) contribute to two new papers describing how volatile, or easily evaporated materials, have colored Vesta’s surface in a broad swath around its equator.
Press Release
Sep 11, 2012
APL and Robinson Nature Center Offer Space Science Lectures
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Robinson Nature Center are teaming up for a joint lecture series called “Beyond Earth.” APL scientists will share details of and discuss findings from four Laboratory space missions to different parts of the solar system.
Press Release
Aug 31, 2012
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Partners with Hopkins Medicine on $8.9 Million Program to Improve Patient Safety
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) will partner with the Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality to design, implement and deploy an integrated set of interventions to reduce medical errors in intensive care units.
Press Release
Aug 30, 2012
NASA Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05 a.m. EDT today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Press Release
Aug 10, 2012
NASA Sets Radiation Belt Storm Probes Launch Events Coverage
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) — built by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory — are set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket Aug. 23. The 20-minute launch window for the twin probes at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 begins at 4:08 a.m. EDT.