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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla., for final preparations and testing for the probe's decade-long journey. It will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon, Charon.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., has signed an agreement with Link Plus Corporation, of Columbia, Md., granting worldwide, exclusive rights to its Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) explosives detection technology.

With today's launch of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars — or CRISM — joins the set of high-tech detectives seeking traces of water on the red planet.

Dr. Alexander Kossiakoff, Chief Scientist, former Director of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., and pioneer in solid propellant rocket technology, who guided the development of the Navy's first guided missile systems, died August 6 from heart failure. He was 91.

A new field office for The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has now opened in Norfolk to support the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in its mission to better integrate the war fighting capabilities of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

Mr. Grant oversees the largest APL department, with more than 600 specialists tackling some of the military's most critical technical and complex systems engineering challenges in areas ranging from ballistic missile defense to advanced radar development and satellite-aided sensor network technology.

In a June 29 ceremony held at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., air defense expert Richard Constantine was presented the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, the Navy's highest civilian honor.

William Zinger and Edward Lee, of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., recently received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, the Navy's highest civilian honor.

The first spacecraft designed to study Pluto, the solar system's farthest planet, took the first steps on a long journey today when it was shipped from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. — where it was designed and built — to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for its next round of pre-launch tests.