Press Release
Feb 2, 2004
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Names Russell Gingras Chief of Staff
Gingras serves as chief advisor to the Laboratory's director, Richard T. Roca, and assumes responsibility for many administrative tasks involving Laboratory management, sponsors and university business.
Press Release
Feb 2, 2004
Ronald Luman to Head Joint Warfare Analysis Department at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Ronald R. Luman has been appointed head of the Joint Warfare Analysis Department, which evaluates joint warfare systems and forces.
Press Release
Dec 19, 2003
MESSENGER Shipped to Goddard for Prelaunch Testing
Less than six months from its scheduled launch to Mercury, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft is set for the next round of tests to prepare it for the first orbital study of the innermost planet.
Press Release
Dec 11, 2003
APL Plays Key Role in Successful Missile Defense Flight Test
As Technical Direction Agent for both SM-3 and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense programs, APL plays a key role in flight tests, including Flight Mission-6.
Press Release
Dec 1, 2003
Wildfires on the Sun: TIMED Records Impact of Record-Setting Solar Flares
As streams of supercharged particles were hurled toward Earth at speeds of 4-5 million mph, the TIMED spacecraft had a front-row seat for observing the effects of these space-based hurricanes on Earth’s atmosphere.
Press Release
Nov 5, 2003
Voyager 1 Approaches Solar System’s Outer Limits
Voyager 1 is the farthest manmade object in space, and from about Aug. 1, 2002 to Feb. 5, 2003, scientists noticed unusual readings from several instruments on the spacecraft indicating it had entered part of the solar system unlike any encountered before.
Press Release
Oct 30, 2003
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Named Howard County “Business of the Year”
The Howard County Chamber of Commerce has selected The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as its Business of the Year for 2003.
Press Release
Oct 24, 2003
Washingtonian Magazine Selects Johns Hopkins APL as a Great Place to Work
Johns Hopkins APL was chosen “because of its interesting work, good benefits, collegial staff, stability, employee development and community involvement.”
Press Release
Oct 7, 2003
Maryland Students to Get an Inside Look at NASA’s First Mercury Orbiter
More than 100 Maryland middle school students will get a close-up look at the first satellite designed to orbit the planet Mercury when they visit The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) for Space Academy: MESSENGER Mission on Friday, Oct. 10.
Press Release
Oct 3, 2003
Bill LaPlante to Head Strategic Systems Department at Johns Hopkins APL
Bill LaPlante has been appointed head of the Strategic Systems Department at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.