![The STEREO spacecraft sits on a test stand inside the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida,](/sites/default/files/2023-02/STEREOL14ReleasePhoto1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 18, 2006
Two APL-Built Spacecraft Set for Aug. 31 Launch
Built and operated for NASA by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., the two-year STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) mission will explore the origin, evolution and interplanetary consequences of coronal mass ejections.
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Press Release
Jun 29, 2006
Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Technology to Evaluate Air and Water
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., has signed an agreement with Link Plus Corporation, of Columbia, Md., granting it worldwide, exclusive rights to several of APL's Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) technologies.
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Press Release
Jun 23, 2006
APL's T. Adrian Hill Named AIAA Engineer of the Year
T. Adrian Hill, a software engineer from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., was recently named Engineer of the Year by the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
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Press Release
Jun 23, 2006
Ballistic Missile Defense Flight Test a Success
As Technical Direction Agent for the Aegis BMD program, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., played a key role in planning and executing yesterday's successful flight test.
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Press Release
Jun 22, 2006
Pluto's Two Small Moons Christened Nix and Hydra
The names Nix and Hydra have been approved for the two small satellites of Pluto discovered in May 2005.
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Press Release
May 24, 2006
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Names Inventions of the Year
A device that will allow an amputee to control a prosthetic device with his brain, a mask that can detect an infectious disease before it spreads, a system that can predict the occurrence of dust storms, and a next-generation micro-sensor that can help satellites perform multiple measurements were announced tonight as The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's Inventions of the Year.
![TIMED spacecraft's observations of the March 29, 2006, total solar eclipse](/sites/default/files/2023-02/eclipse_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 24, 2006
Two APL-Built Instruments Observe Recent Total Solar Eclipse
Space scientists from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., got a first-hand look at what happens to Earth's atmosphere when the sun was abruptly "turned off" during the March 29, 2006, total solar eclipse.
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Press Release
May 24, 2006
Atmospheric Study Shows Similarities in Sun's Effects on Earth and Mars
"Despite differences in the chemical compositions and densities of Earth's and Mars' atmospheres, we now have a definitive example showing that both planets' atmospheres react similarly to varying levels of solar energy impacting them during the sun's 25-day rotation," says Elsayed Talaat, a space scientist with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md.
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Press Release
May 24, 2006
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to Build NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., will develop and operate twin NASA spacecraft to study how the sun interacts with Earth's radiation belts.
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Press Release
May 22, 2006
APL-Led TIMED Mission Extended for Second Time
The TIMED community will now have the opportunity to further its studies of Earth's atmosphere when the mission begins an extended campaign in October 2006 with operations and data analysis continuing through 2010.