![This graphic depicts how the twin STEREO observatories were placed into their final heliocentric orbits from which they will capture the first-ever 3-D images of the sun.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/070122_STEREOMissionTimeline.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 23, 2007
Twin APL-Built Spacecraft Swing Past Moon, Preparing for 3-D Solar Studies
NASA's twin STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) spacecraft, built and operated by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., completed a series of complex maneuvers Sunday to position the spacecraft in their mission orbits. The spacecraft will be in position to produce the first 3-D images of the sun by April.
![Jupiter - Io on approach](/sites/default/files/2023-02/011807_JupiterIo.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 18, 2007
Zooming to Pluto, APL-Built New Horizons Spacecraft Closes in on Jupiter
Just a year after it was dispatched on the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the APL-built New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet — about to swing past Jupiter and pick up even more speed on its voyage toward the unexplored regions of the planetary frontier.
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Press Release
Jan 11, 2007
NASA Briefing to Preview Jupiter Flyby of APL-Managed Pluto Mission
NASA will host a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 18, to preview the flight of the APL-built New Horizons spacecraft through the Jupiter system.
![Near-Earth space weather](/sites/default/files/2023-02/120806_WeatherDriver_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 8, 2006
Researchers Identify Driver for Near-Earth Space Weather
New findings indicate that the aurora and other near-Earth space weather are driven by the rate at which the Earth's and Sun's magnetic fields connect, or merge, and not by the solar wind's electric field as was previously assumed.
![This image obtained by the TIMED Global Ultraviolet Imager — the only NASA instrument currently imaging the Earth's aurora and upper atmosphere from space — shows an aurora, superimposed over an Earth image, produced by a major geomagnetic storm that occurred on April 14, 2006](/sites/default/files/2023-02/TIMEDorthographic121106AGU_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 8, 2006
TIMED Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary: Several AGU Sessions Showcase Mission Accomplishments
NASA's TIMED (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) mission, operated by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), celebrated its 5th launch anniversary on Dec. 7, 2006, and its many contributions enabling a greater understanding of Earth's upper atmosphere.
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Press Release
Dec 1, 2006
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Opens CDC-Funded Center in Public Health Informatics
APL's Center will be one of five funded by CDC to conduct research leading to major scientific advances in public health informatics.
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Press Release
Nov 8, 2006
APL Awarded Air Force Space-Sensor Contract
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., has been awarded a contract for initial design work on the Lightweight Electro-Optical Space Sensor (LEOSS) program, managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
![Dr. "Tag" Cutchis](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cutchis.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 6, 2006
Engineer at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Makes Scientific American's Annual Top 50 List
Dr. "Tag" Cutchis, a senior engineer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has been named to the "Scientific American 50," the magazine's annual list of leaders in science and technology that will appear in its December issue.
![Kristin Gray](/sites/default/files/2023-02/061101_image1_hr.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 1, 2006
Ms. Kristin Gray Named Head of APL's Technology Transfer Office
Ms. Kristin Gray is the new head of the Office of Technology Transfer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md.
![The Delta II launch vehicle carrying the STEREO spacecraft hurtles through the smoke and steam after liftoff from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station](/sites/default/files/2023-02/061025_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 25, 2006
Twin APL-Built, Solar-Studying Spacecraft Successfully Launched
NASA's STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) spacecraft — en route as the first mission to capture the sun in 3-D — successfully launched tonight aboard a single Delta II vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 8:52 p.m. EDT.