Press Release
Sep 29, 2017
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab’s Tom Krimigis Earns Top Honor from International Academy of Astronautics
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has presented its premier honor — the von Karman Award — to Tom Krimigis, eminent space scientist and head emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.
Press Release
Sep 28, 2017
Fresh Look at Older Mars Data Yields Equatorial Surprise
Scientists taking a new look at older data from NASA’s longest-operating Mars orbiter have discovered evidence of significant hydration near the Martian equator — a mysterious signature in a region of the Red Planet where planetary scientists figure ice shouldn’t exist.
Press Release
Sep 26, 2017
Autonomous Swarming Boats Make Great Waves at Navy and Marine Corps Exercise
Last spring, a team from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, had the opportunity to demonstrate Lab-developed autonomous surface patrol capabilities for the Navy and Marine Corps during the Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation (S2ME2) Advanced Naval Technological Exercise 2017 (ANTX).
Press Release
Sep 15, 2017
After a Mission of Amazing Science, APL Bids Farewell to Cassini
This morning, after two decades in space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft ended an incredible journey of exploration.
Press Release
Sep 7, 2017
Lab Licenses New Malware Detection Tool
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has licensed a real-time malware analysis program to Deterministic Security, LLC, an Oregon-based spin-off created to introduce the APL-developed software to the commercial market.
Press Release
Sep 6, 2017
Jupiter’s Auroras Present a Powerful Mystery
Scientists on NASA’s Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter’s polar regions that contribute to the giant planet’s powerful auroras — only not in ways the researchers expected.
Press Release
Sep 6, 2017
Water and Air: Flying Fish UAAV Can Go Anywhere
About two and a half years ago, Joe Moore, Eddie Tunstel and Robert Osiander — robotics researchers in the Research and Exploratory Development Department of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory — had an idea: create a fixed-wing, unmanned vehicle that could autonomously operate underwater and then propel itself fast enough to make the transition into the air, becoming an autonomous flying aerial vehicle.
Press Release
Aug 24, 2017
APL Demonstrates High-Bandwidth Communications Capability at Sea
A team of engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has successfully demonstrated a high-bandwidth, free-space optical (FSO) communications system between two moving ships, proving operational utility of FSO technology in the maritime environment.
Press Release
Aug 24, 2017
Johns Hopkins APL’s RAVAN Takes Second Place at AIAA SmallSat Awards
The Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes (RAVAN) CubeSat, led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, placed second in the “Mission of the Year” award voting at the 31st Annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Utah State University Small Satellite Conference held in Logan, Utah, August 5–10, 2017.
Press Release
Aug 23, 2017
Johns Hopkins APL’s ‘Dragonfly’ Dual-Quadcopter Aims to Explore Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon
Dragonfly, a New Frontiers-class mission concept that the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has proposed to NASA, would use an instrumented, radioisotope-powered, dual-quadcopter to explore potential habitable sites where life could be developed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.