![Ann Darrin](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180214_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Feb 14, 2018
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Space Executive Ann Darrin Named an ‘Influential Marylander’
Ann Darrin, managing executive in the Space Exploration Sector of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been named an Influential Marylander by The Daily Record.
![Andrew Adams](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180205_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Feb 5, 2018
Andrew Adams Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award for Research Leadership
Andrew Adams will be awarded the Research Leadership Award during a gala at the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Science, Technology, Engineering and Math conference.
![Collage of APL employees](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180202_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Feb 2, 2018
APL Black History Month Kickoff Features Tribute to African American Veterans
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, kicked off its Black History Month celebration Feb. 1 in the Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center.
![ESGR Maryland vice chair Samuel Peebles (left) with APL award winners Matthew Schaffer, Department Head Mark Llewelyn, and John Ivancovich](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180123_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 23, 2018
Lab Wins DoD Honors for Support of Guard and Reserve Staff Members
Several Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory staff members were presented with Patriot Awards by the Maryland Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
![A cross-section of a thick sheet of underground ice is exposed at the steep slope (or scarp) that appears bright blue in this enhanced-color view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180115_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 15, 2018
Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
Researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars’ surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes.
![Artist’s impression of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69, a Kuiper Belt object](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180105_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 5, 2018
APL Plans Next New Year’s Eve: In the Kuiper Belt, with New Horizons
The New Year’s celebration to usher in 2019 will include an event like no other — one more than four billion miles from Earth.
![Dragonfly: Titan Rotorcraft Lander](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cover-Dragonfly-Proposal.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 21, 2017
NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Led Mission to Titan for Further Development
A Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) proposal for an innovative, highly instrumented rotorcraft that would investigate prebiotic organic chemistry and habitability on Saturn’s largest moon has been selected by NASA as one of two finalists for the agency’s next New Frontiers mission.
![Naim Merheb (center) and his collaborators](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20171213b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 13, 2017
APL Communications Engineer Helps Reconnect Puerto Rico to the Internet
Naim Merheb, a satellite communication systems engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, recently led a volunteer effort to reconnect several Puerto Rican communities to the internet in the wake of Hurricane Maria, even helping to restore 911 dispatch for ambulances in one rural area.
![The Blue Origin New Shepard capsule](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20171213_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 13, 2017
APL Monitoring Instrument Rides into Space
The newest realm of space travel is closer to home than many think, but still shrouded in mystery.
![Image of 1I/‘Oumuamua taken with the ARCTIC camera](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20171208_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 8, 2017
Johns Hopkins APL Scientists Craft Detailed Profile of Solar System’s ‘Interstellar Intruder’
Scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) joined in the recent international effort to observe — and create a detailed profile of — the first known large object from interstellar space to pass through our solar system.