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Dave Copeland is launching the next generation of engineers by teaching middle and high school students how to design and build a small satellite. The students’ small satellite was selected for a ride to space through NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, the first mission sent to study a potentially metal-rich asteroid, launched on Oct. 13 carrying a Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS) developed at APL.

APL is applying its expertise in lunar science and technology to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative to identify and propose interoperating standards for commercial infrastructure on the Moon.

In the past five years, nearly 17,000 Maryland students have participated in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs at APL — including high numbers of minority and female students, who are often underrepresented in STEM fields.

Nelli Mosavi-Hoyer, APL’s project manager for NASA’s EZIE and Van Allen Probes missions, was recognized with Women in Aerospace’s 2023 Aerospace Awareness Award for her leadership and outreach efforts.

NASA has announced the selection of four mission concepts for further consideration as part of its Heliophysics Small Explorers (SMEX) program. Among those advanced is a CubeSat constellation called CINEMA, short for Cross-Scale Investigation of Earth’s Magnetotail and Aurora, for which APL would play a leading role.

By applying algorithmic approaches used to help robots navigate terrain and perform tasks, scientists at Johns Hopkins APL are enabling the military to automate key facets of tactical decision-making, ensuring the U.S. can maintain its competitive edge well into the future.

Johns Hopkins APL scientists are working to advance our understanding of the glymphatic system — an under-studied waste clearance system for the brain — and the role it plays in sleep, memory consolidation, degenerative illnesses and more.

APL has forged a new partnership with the Space Systems Command to evaluate ground systems being designed for a new classified satellite network. The Lab will help ensure the government is using best software and cybersecurity practices while prototyping and demonstrating the new ground system.