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APL Research and Development Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest - Vol. 38, No. 1
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Mar 19, 2026
Wienhold Honored for Materials Engineering Excellence
Paul Wienhold, a materials and process engineer, has received the 2025 Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Global Fellow Award for sustained leadership in composite materials engineering. His work spans major space missions, defense systems, and hypersonic applications, advancing high-performance materials for extreme environments.
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Mar 17, 2026
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes a Model Debut at National Air and Space Museum
A full-scale model of Parker Solar Probe, the history-making Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft that has flown closer to the Sun than any other human-made object, is now on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Press Release
Mar 16, 2026
Parks Named Sea Control Mission Area Executive at Johns Hopkins APL
Vernon Parks will lead a diverse portfolio of programs and initiatives focused on ensuring maritime domain situational awareness; delivering sea-based effects to deter aggressors; enhancing force survivability; and enabling effective, affordable rapid prototyping and modernization to advance Navy missions.
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Mar 12, 2026
Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage
Integration and testing — the activities involved in assembling the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander and testing it for the rigors of launch and extreme conditions of space — is officially underway in Johns Hopkins APL clean rooms and control rooms.
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Mar 11, 2026
Johns Hopkins APL Pioneering Digital Calibration to Create ‘Born-Qualified’ Parts
APL is developing a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure that additively manufactured parts can perform predictably in mission-critical applications — no matter where, when, or on what machines they’re manufactured.