Press Release
Feb 13, 2008
Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth
Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes.
Press Release
Feb 4, 2008
DARPA Gives APL-Led Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 Team Green Light for Phase 2
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to complete development of a prosthetic arm that will be controlled, feel, look and perform like a natural limb.
Press Release
Jan 30, 2008
Surprises Stream Back from Mercury's MESSENGER
After a journey of more than 2.2 billion miles and three and a half years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its first flyby of Mercury just after 2 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 14, 2008. All seven scientific instruments worked flawlessly, producing a stream of surprises that is amazing and delighting the science team.
Press Release
Jan 10, 2008
MESSENGER Set for Historic Mercury Flyby
NASA will return to Mercury for the first time in almost 33 years on January 14, 2008, when the MESSENGER spacecraft makes its first flyby of the Sun's closest neighbor, capturing images of large portions of the planet never before seen.
Press Release
Dec 19, 2007
Global Map Reveals Mineral Distribution on Mars
Scientists are getting a clearer image of mineral distribution on the surface of Mars, thanks to the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), one of six science instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, currently circling the planet.
Press Release
Dec 17, 2007
Historic Test Off Hawaii's Coast
Behind the scenes of this historic flight test, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) performed a wide range of activities, as the Aegis BMD program's technical direction agent, that contributed to the event's success.
Press Release
Dec 12, 2007
Cassini Captures Best View Yet of Saturn's Ring Currents
Scientists have gotten their best "look" ever at the invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in Saturn's giant magnetic field, finding that it is asymmetric and dynamic, unlike similar rings that appear around Earth.
Press Release
Nov 15, 2007
APL Researchers Zoom In on Heart of Mystery Comet
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, researchers from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes, which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold in a 24-hour period beginning Oct. 23, 2007.
Press Release
Oct 30, 2007
New Aerial Technology For Homeland Security Unveiled By State, Federal, and University Partners
Developed in Maryland, this technology, known as the Critical Infrastructure Inspection Management System (CIIMS), will enable State Police flight crews to check important structures and locations from the air.
Press Release
Oct 12, 2007
Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 Team Receives Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
The Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 team — an international collaboration led by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. — was honored with a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award at a ceremony Oct. 10, at the Hearst Tower in New York.