![Force Projection Sector Head Lisa Blodgett](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210831b_image1_lg.jpg)
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Aug 31, 2021
Submarine Technology Symposium Returns to Johns Hopkins APL
Sponsored by the Naval Submarine League and organized by APL, the 2021 Submarine Technology Symposium allowed military, industry and Laboratory leaders to once again gather — in person — to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the submarine force.
![Van Allen Probes](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210831_image1_lg.jpg)
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Aug 31, 2021
The Van Allen Probes Transformed Everything We Know About Earth’s Radiation Belts. What’s Next?
Nine years after NASA’s Van Allen Probes launched into space to study the radiation environment around Earth, APL gathered scientists and satellite operators from around the world to discuss the future of space weather research, including ways to protect astronauts and satellites. Here are their four big takeaways.
![Bart Paulhamus (left) and Jeffrey Chavis pose for a photo after Johns Hopkins University’s doctoral program commencement ceremony.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210824_image1_lg.jpg)
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Aug 24, 2021
First Doctorate of Engineering Class Includes Four Johns Hopkins APL Grads
Four APL staff members recently graduated from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering's new doctor of engineering program. The graduation of the first cohort of Lab staff members was an important milestone for continuing education at APL.
![Origami in Space](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Origami_Space.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 19, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Unfold the Power of Additive Manufacturing for Shape Memory Alloys
In a paper recently published in the journal Materials & Design, a team from APL describes how it leveraged additive manufacturing to design and fabricate shape memory alloy components capable of precise, self-guided transformations when exposed to heat.
![Air traffic](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210818_image1_med-339x220.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 18, 2021
Amid Airspace Safety Concerns, Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Work to Prevent Drone Traffic Jams
The mother of all traffic jams could be on the horizon, and researchers at APL are working to create a crossing guard that’s up to the challenge.
![Parvathy Prem](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210817b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 17, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL’s Parvathy Prem Honored for Early-Career Contributions to Space Exploration
The Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute honored APL researcher Parvathy Prem with the Susan Mahan Niebur Early Career Award, recognizing her contributions to space science and exploration.
![Artist’s impression of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210817_image1_lg.jpg)
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Aug 17, 2021
IMAP Mission Advances to Next Development Stage
NASA has given Princeton University, Johns Hopkins APL and their many partner institutions the go-ahead to begin implementing the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), a mission to sample, analyze and map particles streaming to Earth from the edges of interstellar space.
![The recently installed Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) and Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical (DRACO) navigation are two critical technologies that will enable the DART spacecraft to navigate through space](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210812_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 12, 2021
DART Gets Its Wings: Spacecraft Integrated with Innovative Solar Array Technology and Camera
The DART spacecraft's recently installed Roll-Out Solar Arrays and DRACO imager are two critical technologies that will enable the spacecraft to navigate through space and effectively reach the Didymos system as part of a carefully planned asteroid deflection experiment.
![Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle, recipient of the Division for Planetary Science’s Claudia J. Alexander Prize, holds a scale model of the Dragonfly spacecraft. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210809b_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Aug 9, 2021
Division for Planetary Sciences Honors Johns Hopkins APL’s Turtle for Career Contributions
APL planetary scientist Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle has been awarded the inaugural Claudia J. Alexander Prize by the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences.
![In a clean room at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, Europa Clipper's propulsion module harness, installed onto a bake-out fixture, is rolled up to the propulsion module in preparation for transfer and installation.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210809_image1_lg.jpg)
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Aug 9, 2021
A Few Steps Closer to Europa: Spacecraft Hardware Makes Headway
Key elements of the Europa Clipper spacecraft — which Johns Hopkins APL is developing in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory — are coming together in clean rooms across the country.