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The Navy executed a successful flight test of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) at White Sands Missile Range Aug. 14.

Ten years ago, on August 3, 2004, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a risky mission that would take the small satellite dangerously close to Mercury’s surface, paving the way for an ambitious study of the planet closest to the Sun.

Donna Gregg has been named head of the Asymmetric Operations Sector at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.

Maria Cimilluca, former senior director of Facilities Management at Cornell University, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as head of the Plant Engineering Services Department.

While Earth’s upper atmosphere may soon be a destination for space tourists, scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have set their sights on being among the first to blaze a research trail in this “suborbital” region, with the launch of an instrument to study magnetic activity 50 miles aboveground.

Christine H. Fox, who recently served for five months as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense, has returned to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and has been named as Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis.

A method for quickly predicting the evolution of viruses was selected as The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Invention of the Year for 2013. The award was presented April 29 at APL’s annual Technical Achievement Awards ceremony, which also recognized top innovations, publications and researchers at APL from 2013.

A revolutionary, neurally controlled prosthetic arm created by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will be the centerpiece of APL’s exhibit at the USA Science & Engineering Festival, from April 25 to 27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

On April 20, MESSENGER completed its 3,000th orbit of Mercury and moved closer to the planet than any spacecraft has been before, dropping to an altitude of 199 kilometers (123.7 miles) above the planet’s surface.

The all-volunteer College Prep Program at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory received Howard County’s Volunteer of the Year Award honors at a ceremony held April 2 at the county’s George Howard Building.