![Parker Solar Probe](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Extreme_Exploration.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 28, 2022
Parker Solar Probe Mission Earns International Academy of Astronautics Laurels Team Award
The International Academy of Astronautics presented its 2021 Laurels for Team Achievement Award to leaders of NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission, recognizing the team's efforts to create and operate humanity's first mission to "touch the Sun."
![APL's ATLAS team](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220725_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 25, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Honored for Support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
US Black Engineer Magazine has recognized APL for its support of engineering schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, particularly efforts to strengthen education-to-employment pipelines for students in STEM fields.
![Standards](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220718_image1_med.jpg)
News
Jul 18, 2022
The Human Touch: Johns Hopkins APL Engineers Develop Tech Usability Standards
A new technology’s value depends on whether people can actually use it. APL engineers played key roles in developing a Human Readiness Level scale, designed to indicate a system’s readiness for use by humans.
![Scientist shining a light on the Europa Clipper’s Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220718b_image1_med.jpeg)
News
Jul 18, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Europa Clipper Team Marks a Month of Major Milestones
In June, the APL Europa Clipper team delivered two science instruments and a radiation sensor to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, marking the Lab’s latest significant contributions to NASA’s historic mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
![Global map of lunar hydrogen assembled by Johns Hopkins APL researchers](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220715_image1_med.jpg)
News
Jul 15, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Assembles First Global Map of Lunar Hydrogen
APL scientists have compiled the first complete map of hydrogen abundances on the Moon’s surface. The map identifies two types of lunar materials containing enhanced hydrogen and confirms that water played a role in the Moon’s formation.
![Barry Grabow](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220715_image1_med_grabow.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 15, 2022
Grabow Appointed National Health Mission Area Executive
Barry Grabow has been named mission area executive for Johns Hopkins APL’s National Health Mission Area, formally occupying a role he has held in an acting capacity since August.
![Artist’s conception of the APL-led Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220711_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 12, 2022
EZIE Mission Jets Into Next Development Stage
NASA has given Johns Hopkins APL the green light to begin detailed designs on the Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) — a SmallSat mission to characterize the electric currents that link Earth’s aurora to the planet’s magnetosphere.
![MESA program organizer with elementary school kids](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220705_image1_lg.jpeg)
News
Jul 5, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL-Founded Maryland MESA Celebrates 45 Years of STEM Outreach
It was the mid-1970s and Ted Habarth, then the equal opportunity officer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, was concerned about the underrepresentation of minorities in fields like math and science.
![Nina Cohen, Nick Kantack and team member Nathan Bos sitting together](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220630b_image1_lg.jpeg)
News
Jun 30, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL’s Cyclone Aims to Improve Collaborative Human-Machine Decision-Making
To improve collaborative decision-making between human and machine, researchers at APL created an artificial intelligence agent called Cyclone and trained it to play a cooperative card game through a unique learning process: train Cyclone to play like a human so it can play well with humans.
![ASPIRE intern Roshni Arun](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220623_image1_lg.jpeg)
News
Jun 23, 2022
Inspiring Through ASPIRE: Intern Empowers Young Women in STEM
Roshni Arun is just a week out of high school, but the ASPIRE intern is already on a mission to empower young women in STEM and increase student access to Johns Hopkins APL’s resources.