![An ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) composite panel is fastened to the frame with bolts and washers. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201120_image1_lg.jpg)
News
Nov 20, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Materials Experts Explore Ways to Fortify Vehicles, Buildings
APL is working with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security to increase the safety of our ambassadors, dignitaries and foreign service staff and their families.
![An SM-3 Block IIA is launched from the USS John Finn, an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapons System-44 (FTM-44) on Nov. 16.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201118b_image3_med_0.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 18, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Assists in Historic Standard Missile-3 Takedown of an ICBM Target
FTM-44 was a key demonstration of the Aegis Weapons System, using the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile to defeat a simple intercontinental ballistic missile threat. This facilitates the potential contribution of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to a layered homeland defense architecture and augments the Ground-based Midcourse System.
![Owen Brooks, a former naval officer, joined the Laboratory in 2019. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201118_image1_lg.jpg)
News
Nov 18, 2020
Veterans Find a Home at Johns Hopkins APL
APL works hard to recruit and retain veterans and currently employs more than 800 former service members.
![Images of our solar system’s ice giants, Uranus (left) and Neptune (right), from NASA’s Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to ever explore these planets. The image of Neptune shows the Great Dark Spot and its accompanying bright smudge. Credit: Left, NASA/JPL-Caltech; right, NASA](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201116_image1_lg.jpg)
News
Nov 16, 2020
Special Journal Issue Spotlights Future Exploration of Ice Giants and Their Moons
A special journal issue from the Royal Society highlights a conference organized in part by APL researchers on the current knowledge and future exploration of the solar system’s ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, and their moons.
![Artist’s depiction of a red, M-dwarf star with three exoplanets orbiting it.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201110_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 10, 2020
NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL's Kevin Stevenson to Lead New Astrobiology Research Team
APL researcher Kevin Stevenson leads one of eight teams selected to kick off NASA's new Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research program. The team will focus on finding potentially habitable — but so far undetectable — exoplanets around small red dwarf stars.
![Clockwise, from top left: Doug Adams, Mike Ryschkewitsch, Bradley Wheaton, Matthew Zuber, and Justin Likar](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201106_image1_cover2.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 6, 2020
Five Johns Hopkins APL Staff Members Named AIAA Associate Fellows
Five technical experts and leaders from APL’s Space Exploration and Force Projection sectors have earned a place in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ associate fellows class of 2021.
![The Lucy LORRI instrument is a high-resolution imager](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201105_image1_lg_0.jpg)
News
Nov 5, 2020
Despite Obstacles, Johns Hopkins APL Team Delivers First Instrument for NASA’s Lucy Mission
Despite technical hurdles, the COVID-19 pandemic and a snowstorm, the APL team building L’LORRI — the imaging and navigational instrument for NASA’s Lucy mission — delivered their instrument last Monday, eight weeks earlier than was expected near the start of the pandemic.
![AI in healthcare](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201103_image2_cover.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 3, 2020
Second Annual National Health Symposium Event Summary Available
The event summary for the second annual National Health Symposium, organized by APL, is now available.
![Four APL staff members were honored at the 2020 Women of Color STEM Conference](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201029_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 29, 2020
Four From Johns Hopkins APL Honored at Women of Color STEM Conference
APL’s Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Bessie Lewis, Samantha Allen and Martha Cervantes were honored at the 2020 Women of Color STEM conference, held virtually Oct. 8–10. The annual conference recognizes the achievements of women from diverse backgrounds who inspire others through their leadership and success in science, technology, engineering and math careers.
![This composite image of a boulder on Bennu’s surface shows the cascading rim of one of the asteroid’s ancient craters that originated while Bennu resided in the asteroid belt](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20201027_image2_lg.jpg)
News
Oct 27, 2020
Craters on Bennu Hint at When Asteroid Arrived to Its Near-Earth Neighborhood
Asteroid Bennu, the target of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, seems to be a relatively recent newcomer to near-Earth space, according to a remote analysis of the asteroid’s craters that included APL researcher Olivier Barnouin.