Press Release
Jun 13, 2011
MESSENGER Endures Its First Hot Season
Yesterday the MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed the first of four "hot seasons" expected to occur during its one-year primary mission in orbit about Mercury.
Press Release
Jun 10, 2011
NASA Releasing New Spacecraft Orbital Views of Mercury
NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 16, 2011, to reveal new images and science findings from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
Press Release
Jun 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Prosthetic Control Software to HDT Robotics
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., has licensed large motor control (LMC) software to HDT Robotics, a business unit of HDT Global and a provider of advanced robotic manipulation systems and military robotics solutions.
Press Release
May 16, 2011
APL-Built Plasma Detector Launches on Space Shuttle Endeavour
Canary, a plasma spectrometer, will investigate the interaction of approaching spacecraft with the background plasma environment around the ISS and disturbances in the ionosphere caused by space vehicles.
Press Release
May 12, 2011
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Names 2010 Best Inventions
A novel way to monitor and treat hardening arteries from inside the body, and a clever method to provide covert monitoring and communications, are the winners of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Invention of the Year and Government Purpose Innovation awards for 2010.
Press Release
May 6, 2011
Sailing the Titan Seas
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., is managing a project to explore the organic seas of Saturn’s moon Titan, one of three proposals selected by NASA this week as candidates for the agency’s next Discovery Program mission.
Press Release
May 6, 2011
100 Orbits and Counting
Later today, MESSENGER will begin its 100th orbit around Mercury.
Press Release
May 3, 2011
Measuring Mercury’s Surface Composition
MESSENGER carries a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS) capable of measuring and characterizing gamma-ray emissions from the surface of Mercury.
Press Release
Apr 26, 2011
Profiling Polar Craters with the Mercury Laser Altimeter
MESSENGER's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) will measure the topography or surface relief of the northern hemisphere of Mercury. That data will be used to create topographic maps, which will help characterize the geologic history of the planet.
Press Release
Apr 20, 2011
Icy Moon Zaps Saturn with Electron Beams
Scientists working with data from NASA’s Cassini mission — now in its sixth year of operations at Saturn — have discovered an electrical current running between Saturn and its moon Enceladus that creates an observable emission on the ringed planet.