News
Nov 1, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Develops Methods to Capture and Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency recently declared PFAS an urgent public health and environmental issue facing communities across the United States. APL scientists are developing technologies to capture and destroy these harmful “forever chemicals.”
Press Release
Oct 26, 2022
U.S. Space Force to Partner With Johns Hopkins on Professional Development
Johns Hopkins APL is teaming up with the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies to provide professional development training and state-of-the-art facilities for top U.S. Space Force leadership candidates
Press Release
Oct 24, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Names Ann Kedia as Chief Communications Officer
APL has named Ann Kedia chief communications officer and head of the Laboratory’s Communications Department, a team of professionals dedicated to conveying and elevating the impact of APL innovations on the nation and the world.
News
Oct 18, 2022
Bowman, Phillips Earn Society of Women Engineers Honors
Recognizing the leadership and technical contributions of two Johns Hopkins APL staff members, the Society of Women Engineers has honored Alice Bowman with the prestigious 2022 Resnik Challenger Medal and Kerri Phillips with its Emerging Leader Award.
Press Release
Oct 12, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Experts Recognized by Undersea Warfare Community
Jon Berry and Lisa Blodgett from APL’s Force Projection Sector were awarded the Bronze Medal and Vice Adm. Charles E. Weakley Award, respectively, at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Fall Conference in September.
Press Release
Oct 11, 2022
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first full-scale demonstration of asteroid deflection technology.
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Oct 6, 2022
CIRCUIT Sparks Investment in the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
Five years after CIRCUIT’s pilot, the intensive undergraduate program is welcoming more students than ever from around the globe to assist Johns Hopkins APL staff members on a variety of research work.
Press Release
Sep 26, 2022
Bullseye! NASA’s DART Mission Impacts Asteroid Target in World First
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration, successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday — the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. Mission control at APL announced the successful impact at 7:14 p.m. EDT.
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Sep 24, 2022
DART’s Small Satellite Companion Tests Camera Prior to Dimorphos Impact
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is set to make history next Monday as the world’s first planetary defense test, and the spacecraft’s own “mini-photographer” LICIACube (short for Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids) is warming up to capture the event.
News
Sep 20, 2022
DART Tests Autonomous Navigation System Using Jupiter and Europa
After capturing images of one of the brightest stars in Earth’s night sky, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft turned its camera toward another eye-catching spectacle: Jupiter and its four largest moons.