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Press Release
Dec 22, 2011
A Christmas Crater on Mercury
The crater at the center of Wednesday's MESSENGER image of the day is named Dickens, after Charles Dickens, the English novelist who lived from 1812 to 1870.
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Press Release
Dec 20, 2011
Applied Physics Lab Names New Executive for Research and Exploratory Development Business Area
Charles Goldblum has been appointed the business area executive for the Research and Exploratory Development Department (REDD) at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md.
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Press Release
Dec 20, 2011
APL Discovery Gives Advance Warning of Catastrophic Failure in Lithium-Ion Batteries
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have developed an inexpensive sensor that can warn of impending catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries.
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Press Release
Dec 16, 2011
MESSENGER Among Discover Magazine’s Top 100 Stories of 2011
Discover magazine has named the MESSENGER mission one of the top 100 stories of 2011.
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Press Release
Dec 7, 2011
APL Wins Bike Friendly Business Award
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) was awarded a bronze Bicycle Friendly Business Award by the League of American Bicyclists in a ceremony on its Laurel, Md., campus today.
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Press Release
Dec 7, 2011
TIMED Atmospheric Spacecraft Marks 10 Years of Groundbreaking Science
Since its launch a decade ago on Dec. 7, 2001, NASA’s TIMED (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) spacecraft has collected more data on the upper atmosphere than any other satellite, and has provided an unprecedented look at the gateway between Earth and space.
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Press Release
Dec 6, 2011
NASA’s Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System Edge
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from Voyager over the last year reveal this new region to be a kind of cosmic purgatory.
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Press Release
Dec 5, 2011
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ready for Space Environment Tests
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), twin spacecraft being built and tested at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., are about to enter a challenging series of tests designed to certify that they are ready for their August 2012 launch and two-year mission in Earth’s orbit.
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Press Release
Dec 5, 2011
MESSENGER Team Presents Latest Mercury Findings at AGU Fall Meeting
Members of the MESSENGER team will present a broad range of findings from the spacecraft's orbital investigation of Mercury during the 2011 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), which takes place this week, December 5-9, in San Francisco.
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Press Release
Nov 21, 2011
APL Proposes First Global Orbital Observation Program
A consortium led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is proposing a geoscience program that would give scientists the first continuous real-time look at the Earth’s surface and atmosphere through a global network of sensors.