Press Release
Feb 3, 2009
Johns Hopkins APL Analyst Explores America’s Struggle in the 9/11 War, Proposes a Way Ahead for Future U.S. Response
Michael Vlahos, a principal analyst at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., offers a view of the 9/11 war that illuminates how violent conflicts connect to a group’s “sacred” ritual celebration of identity in “Fighting Identity — Sacred War and World Change” (Praeger Security International, 2008).
Press Release
Jan 29, 2009
Cassini Finds Hydrocarbon Rains May Fill Lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Recent images of Titan from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft affirm the presence of lakes of liquid hydrocarbons by capturing changes in the lakes brought on by rainfall.
Press Release
Jan 27, 2009
APL Selected to Help Engineer National Cyber Range
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has been awarded $7.3 million for the initial development phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) effort to build a “cyber range” to test cyber security technology and protect government computer networks from attacks.
Press Release
Jan 21, 2009
APL to Investigate the Lunar Poles
NASA has tapped The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to head an investigation of the moon’s poles — including a look at how robots and eventually humans could use the moon’s natural resources.
Press Release
Jan 15, 2009
APL-Developed Aerial Technology Receives Homeland Security Secretary’s Team Excellence Award
APL is part of a multiagency team honored by the Department of Homeland Security for developing a technology to help aerial law-enforcement personnel inspect bridges, buildings and other important structures.
Press Release
Jan 8, 2009
NASA to Study the Radiation Belts: Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Developing Twin Spacecraft
Following a successful confirmation review, NASA has given The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) the go-ahead to continue development of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP mission.
Press Release
Dec 18, 2008
Scientists Find "Missing" Mineral and New Mars Mysteries
Researchers using a powerful instrument on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found a long sought-after mineral on the Martian surface and with it, unexpected clues to the Red Planet's watery past.
Press Release
Dec 12, 2008
MESSENGER Team to Present New Mercury Science Results at AGU Fall Meeting
Members of the MESSENGER science team will present a range of new findings from the spacecraft's studies of the planet Mercury during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting next week in San Francisco.
Press Release
Nov 17, 2008
APL Named Howard County's Top Technology Company
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has earned the Howard Technology Council's first Technology Company of the Year Award.
Press Release
Oct 29, 2008
MESSENGER Reveals More "Hidden" Territory on Mercury
Gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has revealed even more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet, sending home hundreds of photos and measurements of its surface, atmosphere, and magnetic field.