Press Release
Jun 30, 2017
NASA’s First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase at Johns Hopkins APL
The first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense — the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which is being designed and would be built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory — is moving from concept development to preliminary design phase, following NASA’s approval on June 23.
Press Release
Jun 28, 2017
APL Engineer Honored by the International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association
Chuck Alexander, a senior cost engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, earned the “2017 Best Paper in the Analysis Methods Category” and “2017 Best Paper Overall” awards from the International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA) on June 6 at the organization’s Professional Development and Training Workshop in Portland, Oregon.
Press Release
Jun 21, 2017
Cool Power
Breakthroughs in solar panel cooling tech will help keep NASA’s Parker Solar Probe operating at peak performance — even while flying through the sun’s corona.
Press Release
Jun 7, 2017
ASPIRE Students Win Big at Intel Regional Science Fair
The talents of ASPIRE (APL’s Student Program to Inspire, Relate and Enrich) students were on full display at the Intel Science Fair on March 26 in Baltimore, as interns Suzie Byun and Sabahat Fatima earned awards for innovative ideas that could potentially improve lives and deliver power more efficiently.
Press Release
May 25, 2017
Scientists Marvel at First Returns from Juno Mission to Jupiter
After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, the Juno spacecraft — carrying an instrument suite that includes the Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI), built by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) — entered Jupiter’s orbit on July 4, 2016.
Press Release
May 23, 2017
Johns Hopkins APL Uses Virtual Reality to Teach Children of Servicemen and Women About Prosthetics
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is using a $375,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to educate the children of servicemen and women about prosthetics using virtual reality.
Press Release
May 22, 2017
New Research Determines How Rainfall Shaped Mars
In a new study published in Icarus, researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory determined that heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet’s impact craters and carved out river-like channels in its surface billions of years ago.
Press Release
May 10, 2017
Lab Celebrates Innovations and Accomplishments at APL Achievement Awards
A novel method of using nanoplatforms to control diagnostic drug delivery and therapeutic compounds that allow nanoparticle structures to perform better (known as the Surface Modified Anti-cancer Responsive Theranostic method, or SMART) was announced as APL’s Invention of the Year during a ceremony May 2 on APL’s campus.
Press Release
May 4, 2017
Emelia Probasco Named Chief Communications Officer at Johns Hopkins APL
Emelia Probasco has been named APL’s chief communications officer. In that role, she will lead organization-wide communication efforts to support and drive APL’s strategic vision. She will also oversee the Lab’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs.
Press Release
May 1, 2017
Rock Star: Asteroid Named after APL’s Carolyn Ernst
After years of studying asteroids, Carolyn Ernst now has one of the big space rocks named after her. The International Astronomical Union and Minor Planet Center have approved the name “Ernst” for the asteroid designated 11008, honoring the contributions of the Space Exploration Sector planetary scientist.