![Artist’s impression of the Hope spacecraft moving into orbit at Mars on Feb. 9.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210318_image1_med.jpg)
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Mar 18, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Technology Helps Mars Mission Phone Home
The Emirates Mars Mission, also known as “Hope,” stays connected to its operators on Earth using a novel radio provided by APL.
![A 2007 image from the APL-built STEREO B spacecraft of the Moon crossing in front of the Sun.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210317_image2_med.jpg)
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Mar 17, 2021
A New Conceptual Mission Proposes to Study Earth Like an Exoplanet
A new conceptual mission developed by Johns Hopkins APL researchers proposes to send a small spacecraft to view Earth as if it were a potentially habitable exoplanet and help validate whether the methods currently used to look for habitable worlds can even detect life on the one planet where we know it does exist.
![David Silberberg](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210311b_image1_sq.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 15, 2021
Silberberg Named Chair of Whiting School Information Systems Program
The field of information systems engineering is facing new challenges with the increased use of artificial intelligence and machine learning across public sectors and a resulting surge of legal, privacy and ethical concerns. David Silberberg, a computer scientist and engineer at Johns Hopkins APL, is excited to help address these challenges as the newly appointed chair of the Johns Hopkins Whiting School’s Information Systems Engineering program.
![Ashutosh Dutta. Credit: COMSNETS 2020](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210315_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Mar 15, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Team Launches Regional Chapter of Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the global computing society with nearly 100,000 members from more than 190 countries, has chartered a Baltimore professional chapter led by APL employees. It will be the only ACM professional chapter in the Baltimore/Washington region, which is home to thousands of computing professionals across leading universities, major companies and government agencies.
![In the video above, the APL team’s fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle launches in fierce winds from approximately 100 meters away from its target.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_DARPA_Offset_Video.jpg)
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Mar 14, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Helps DARPA OFFSET Program Take Flight
As part of DARPA’s OFFSET program, an APL team proved fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could have quadcopter UAV agility and mobility but add greater range, endurance and speed.
![United States Space Force logo](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210312_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 12, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Hosts Vice Chief of Space Operations
APL leaders welcomed Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations for U.S. Space Force, to the Laboratory on March 3, for a tour and briefings on APL work.
![Astronauts on the moon](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210312c_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 12, 2021
NASA Extends Johns Hopkins APL Leadership of Lunar Innovation Initiative
NASA has tapped APL to continue supporting the agency’s Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative, which aims to spur the development and deployment of technologies enabling humans to live and work on the Moon.
![A Girl Power 2018 in-person attendee participates in a biomechanics demonstration](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210308_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 8, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL to Host Virtual ‘Girl Power’ STEM Event on March 14
APL will virtually host “Girl Power,” an opportunity for elementary and middle school girls to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), on Sunday, March 14, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
![Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument, short for Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, detected a bright rim around the edge of the planet that may be nightglow — light emitted by oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere that recombine into molecules in the nightside.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210225_image1b_lg.jpg)
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Feb 25, 2021
Parker Solar Probe Offers Stunning View of Venus
During Parker Solar Probe's third Venus flyby, the camera aboard the Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft captured a striking — and surprising — image of the planet's nightside.
![NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this image of Venus, which has been enhanced to show the planet’s sulfuric acid clouds in greater detail.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210223_image1_med.jpg)
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Feb 23, 2021
New Equation Lays Odds for Life on Venus
If life did arise on Venus, does it still exist? A new Johns Hopkins APL-led study provides a framework for estimating that chance. The Venus Life Equation calculates the probability that life currently exists on the second planet from the Sun by focusing on the likelihood of each of three factors: origination, robustness and continuity.