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Press Release
Oct 24, 2005
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to Apply Space Research Expertise to Develop Deep Space Navigation Network
Scientists and engineers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will be applying their expertise from more than 40-years of space research to help determine whether X-ray signals from celestial sources, such as stars and pulsars, can be used for satellite navigation in deep space.
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Press Release
Oct 13, 2005
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Names Krill as Assistant Director for Programs
Jerry A. Krill has been appointed Assistant Director for Programs at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., and in that capacity will oversee APL's more than 400 programs.
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Press Release
Oct 3, 2005
Ralph Semmel to Head New Applied Information Sciences Department at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Ralph Semmel, a widely-respected expert on database systems and artificial intelligence, will head the Applied Information Sciences Department, a new division at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory created to respond to the rapid evolution of information technology.
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Press Release
Oct 3, 2005
John Sommerer Appointed Director of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
John Sommerer is the first Director of Science and Technology to be appointed at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
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Press Release
Sep 26, 2005
APL-Built Pluto Spacecraft Begins Launch Preparations
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla., for final preparations and testing for the probe's decade-long journey. It will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon, Charon.
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Press Release
Sep 19, 2005
APL Licenses Technology to Detect Explosives
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., has signed an agreement with Link Plus Corporation, of Columbia, Md., granting worldwide, exclusive rights to its Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) explosives detection technology.
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Press Release
Aug 26, 2005
Movie Headlines MESSENGER Earth Flyby Gallery
The pictures from MESSENGER's Aug. 2 flyby of Earth are in — and they are spectacular! The collection includes "natural" color and infrared views of North and South America; a peek at the Galapagos Islands through a break in the clouds; and a movie of the rotating Earth, taken as MESSENGER sped away from its home planet.
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Press Release
Aug 12, 2005
Powerful Mineral Mapper Headed to Mars
With today's launch of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars — or CRISM — joins the set of high-tech detectives seeking traces of water on the red planet.
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Press Release
Aug 8, 2005
Alexander Kossiakoff, Guided Missile Pioneer and Former Director of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Dies at 91
Dr. Alexander Kossiakoff, Chief Scientist, former Director of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., and pioneer in solid propellant rocket technology, who guided the development of the Navy's first guided missile systems, died August 6 from heart failure. He was 91.
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Press Release
Jul 11, 2005
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Opens Norfolk Office To Support Joint Forces Command
A new field office for The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has now opened in Norfolk to support the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in its mission to better integrate the war fighting capabilities of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.