![Artist's rendering of APL's new Space Department building named Building 200](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20090812_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 12, 2009
JHU Applied Physics Lab Breaks Ground on Building for Space Department
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., along with U.S. Congressional members, Howard County officials and representatives from the construction industry, broke ground, August 7, for what will be the Laboratory’s new Space Department building.
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Press Release
Jul 31, 2009
Missile Defense Weapon System Tests Showcase APL Expertise
Both the current and upcoming versions of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system, used to detect, track and target missile threats, was put to the test in two same-day exercises conducted with APL’s assistance. The tests were conducted yesterday at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) off Kauai’s coastline in Hawaii.
![Kapuskasing SuperDARN radar](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Kapuskasing04.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 8, 2009
APL Part of International Team Expanding Space Weather Radar Network
Space weather researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., are helping expand a global radar network used to study electrical disturbances in our atmosphere that can create auroral displays or disrupt communications, knock out electrical power grids, damage satellites or even affect astronauts.
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Media Advisory
May 26, 2009
Media Advisory: Astronauts Jones and Arnold, Sen. Mikulski to Join Celebration of “Maryland’s Place in Space” on June 1
Maryland born-astronauts Ricky Arnold and Tom Jones and Sen. Barbara Mikulski are among those scheduled to speak at “A Salute to Maryland’s Place in Space,” on June 1 at the Maryland Science Center to help celebrate 50 years of space science and technological innovation in the state.
![Honorees at the 10th annual Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Invention of the Year ceremony](/sites/default/files/2023-02/IOY-all.jpg)
Press Release
May 13, 2009
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Names Best Inventions
A “smart” polymer that automatically releases medicine into the bloodstream and a super-thin flexible microchip share the honor as The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s top invention for 2008.
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Media Advisory
Apr 22, 2009
Media Advisory: JHU Applied Physics Lab Employees Volunteer for Honor Flight
On Sat., April 25, approximately 100 employees from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, in Laurel, Md., will help escort 125 World War II veterans from the Huntsville, Ala., area during a day-long tour of memorials created in their honor.
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Press Release
Apr 16, 2009
APL Earns AS9100 Certification for Space Activities
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has achieved AS9100 certification, demonstrating that its civilian and national security space business, safety and mission assurance activities align with the highest standards of the aerospace community.
![Print-resolution image from telescopes onboard STEREO spacecraft showing a coronal mass ejection event on December 12-13, 2008](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20090414_cor2ab_hr.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 14, 2009
Capturing a Solar Storm in 3-D
The APL-built and -operated twin STEREO observatories have made the first 3-D measurements of solar explosions, known as coronal mass ejections, enabling scientists to see their size and shape, and image them as they travel approximately 93 million miles from the sun to Earth.
![The anti-backfeed circuit breaker, invented by Ed Goss of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory](/sites/default/files/2023-02/090324_large.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 24, 2009
APL Device Prevents Electrical “Backfeeding”
More than 10 million U.S. households and thousands of businesses own power generators that, if not connected properly, can injure or even kill power-line workers when their electricity feeds back into the commercial power supply.
![Scientists have used data from the Cassini radar mapper to map the global wind pattern on Saturn's moon Titan using data collected over a four-year period, as depicted in this image](/sites/default/files/2023-02/PIA11801.jpg)
Press Release
Feb 26, 2009
Cassini Maps Global Pattern of Titan’s Dunes
Titan’s vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn’s biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data collected by the Cassini spacecraft.