Press Release
Nov 27, 2023
How Johns Hopkins APL-Led Center for Geospace Storms Will Bolster Our Knowledge of Space Weather
The Center for Geospace Storms (CGS), launched in 2020 and headquartered at APL, is developing predictive models that can provide a stronger grasp of space weather events and their potential impacts before they happen.
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Nov 21, 2023
A Career of Taking Risks Earns Johns Hopkins APL Researcher National Data Fusion Award
APL engineer Andy Newman was presented with the Joe Mignogna Data Fusion Award at the Military Sensing Symposia, National Security Sensor and Data Fusion conference.
News
Nov 21, 2023
Tabletop Exercise at Johns Hopkins APL Prepares Government and Industry for Bioeconomy Security Threats
APL and the BIO-ISAC hosted a tabletop exercise for experts from the public and private sectors to identify vulnerabilities, recommend mitigations and establish greater understanding of the threats unique to the bioeconomy.
News
Nov 20, 2023
A Taste of Titan
The Titan Chamber — APL’s largest environmental simulator — is open for business. The team developing NASA’s Dragonfly mission recently took the chamber for an opening run with a full-scale thermal model of the rotorcraft lander it will send to Saturn’s moon Titan later this decade.
Press Release
Nov 14, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Awarded NIH BRAIN CONNECTS Research Funding to Map Brain Circuits at the Resolution of a Single Synapse
The National Institutes of Health has awarded funding for two projects supported by APL that will accelerate neuroscience research, illuminate foundational principles governing the neural circuit basis of behavior, and inform new approaches to the treatment of human brain disorders.
News
Nov 13, 2023
Sailors 3D-Print Critical Component at Sea Using Johns Hopkins APL-Installed Hybrid Manufacturing System
Sailors aboard the USS Bataan turned the additive manufacturing at sea concept into reality after successfully fabricating and installing a stainless steel sprayer plate to repair the USS Bataan’s ballasting system. The machinists used a hybrid manufacturing system that was developed and installed on the ship with support from APL and Naval Sea Systems Command, allowing the ship to avoid costly repairs and resume operations.
Press Release
Nov 7, 2023
DART Team Earns Smithsonian Michael Collins Trophy for Successful Planetary Defense Test Mission
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will be honored with the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. For its work developing and managing the first-ever planetary defense test mission, the team at Johns Hopkins APL and NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) is being lauded for outstanding achievements in the fields of aerospace science and technology.
Press Release
Nov 2, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL’s Camera Reveals Surprise for NASA’s Lucy Mission in First Asteroid Encounter
NASA's Lucy mission team got a bit of a surprise when looking at images that the Johns Hopkins APL-built L’LORRI instrument onboard captured during the spacecraft's first encounter with an asteroid, called Dinkinesh. Instead of seeing just one asteroid, there were two.
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Oct 26, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Develop Advanced Material for Efficient Thermal Management
Researchers at APL have made a significant breakthrough in the development of advanced technology that can change a material’s behavior depending on the temperature, potentially revolutionizing energy-efficient thermal management.
News
Oct 23, 2023
Tunnel Visions
Well before NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander soars through Titan’s skies, APL researchers are making sure their designs and models for the nuclear-powered, car-sized drone will work in a truly alien environment. The team has been testing its flight systems in wind tunnel facilities at NASA’s Langley Research Center.