Press Release
Sep 10, 2014
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Recognizes APL’s Miller as a STAR
Elishiah “Eli” Miller, a software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will receive a national STAR Award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).
Press Release
Sep 8, 2014
Europa’s Shifting Surface
Scientists have found evidence of plate tectonics on Jupiter’s moon Europa. This indicates the first sign of this type of surface-shifting geological activity on a world other than Earth.
Press Release
Aug 28, 2014
APL Staff Members Receive Women of Color Technology Awards
Two staff members of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will receive 2014 Women of Color Technology Awards for their accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields.
Press Release
Aug 25, 2014
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Crosses Neptune’s Orbit En Route to Historic Pluto Encounter
NASA’s Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has traversed the orbit of Neptune. This is its last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close encounter with distant Pluto on July 14, 2015.
Press Release
Aug 21, 2014
Test Demonstrates Standard Missile-6 Effectiveness and Versatility
The Navy executed a successful flight test of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) at White Sands Missile Range Aug. 14.
Press Release
Aug 1, 2014
MESSENGER Team Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Launch
Ten years ago, on August 3, 2004, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a risky mission that would take the small satellite dangerously close to Mercury’s surface, paving the way for an ambitious study of the planet closest to the Sun.
Press Release
Jul 3, 2014
Donna Gregg Selected to Lead Asymmetric Operations at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Donna Gregg has been named head of the Asymmetric Operations Sector at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.
Press Release
Jun 4, 2014
Maria Cimilluca Named Head of Plant Engineering Services at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Maria Cimilluca, former senior director of Facilities Management at Cornell University, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as head of the Plant Engineering Services Department.
Press Release
Jun 3, 2014
APL Instrument to Fly on First NASA-Funded Virgin Galactic Spaceflight
While Earth’s upper atmosphere may soon be a destination for space tourists, scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have set their sights on being among the first to blaze a research trail in this “suborbital” region, with the launch of an instrument to study magnetic activity 50 miles aboveground.
Press Release
May 19, 2014
Christine Fox Returns to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab as Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis
Christine H. Fox, who recently served for five months as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense, has returned to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and has been named as Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis.