![Virtual Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211210_image1_lg.jpeg)
Press Release
Dec 10, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL to Co-host Virtual Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks
APL will co-host the fourth annual Virtual Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks on Tuesday, Dec. 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.
![Golden Horde program artist rendering](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211208_image1_lg.jpg)
News
Dec 8, 2021
In the Johns Hopkins APL-Built Colosseum, Competition Spurs AI Innovation
The first Operation Protovision competition features the debut of an APL-built simulation environment: the first prototype of the fully digital portion of a new live, virtual, constructive capability for weapon research and development dubbed “the Colosseum.”
![Artist rendering of NASA's TIMED mission](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211207_image1_lg.jpg)
News
Dec 7, 2021
TIMED Reaches 20 Years of Studying Earth’s Gateway to Space
Exactly 20 years ago today, NASA's TIMED mission launched from the California coast on a journey to unveil new secrets about the upper climes of Earth's atmosphere. Developed in part by Johns Hopkins APL, the mission's unrivaled 20-year dataset has provided crucial insights about space weather, Earth's climate and the evolution of planetary atmospheres.
![Green and purple night sky above trees](/sites/default/files/2024-02/vincent-guth-62V7ntlKgL8-unsplash.jpeg)
News
Dec 1, 2021
The Space Weather Science and Observation Gap Analysis
The Space Weather Science and Observation Gap Analysis report describes the results of a science and measurement gap analysis for the Space Weather Science Application Program (SWxSA) within NASA’s Heliophysics Division.
![NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft sets off to collide with an asteroid in the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test mission. Riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, DART took off Wednesday, Nov. 24, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211124_image1_lg.jpeg)
Press Release
Nov 24, 2021
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Launches in World’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission
After a decade in the making, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which Johns Hopkins APL built and is managing, launched from the California coast early Wednesday morning. It set off to perform the world’s first full-scale test to defend Earth from a potential asteroid or comet threat.
![James Bellingham, a pioneer in the worldwide autonomous marine robotics field who has led research expeditions from the Arctic to the Antarctic, was appointed as a Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Exploration Robotics. Bellingham is also the executive director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy and a senior advisor at Johns Hopkins APL.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211122_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Nov 22, 2021
IAA Executive Director Bellingham Joins Johns Hopkins as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
James Bellingham, a pioneer in the worldwide autonomous marine robotics field who has led research expeditions from the Arctic to the Antarctic, was appointed as a Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Exploration Robotics.
![Artist rendering o Lunar Vertex rover](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211118b_image1_lg%20%281%29.jpg)
News
Nov 18, 2021
Lunar Vertex: Solving Mysteries Swirling Around the Moon’s Magnetic Regions
Scientists believe that so-called magnetic anomalies hold clues to conditions on the Moon and other worlds throughout the solar system. To find out, APL leads a project not just to visit the most famous of these areas on the lunar surface but to drive right across it.
![David Van Wie](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211118_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 18, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL’s Van Wie Awarded von Kármán Lectureship in Astronautics
David Van Wie, an internationally renowned expert in aerospace engineering and head of the Air and Missile Defense Sector at Johns Hopkins APL, was awarded the 2021 von Kármán Lectureship in Astronautics from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
![To commemorate Mary Lasky’s devotion and service to APL, a blue spruce tree was planted in her honor upon her retirement in 2012. The tree can be found next to the Lab’s Kossiakoff Center. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman](/sites/default/files/2023-06/20211112_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 12, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL’s Mary Lasky Honored for Dedication and Contributions to Disaster Resilience
Honoring her career of exceptional leadership in the fields of emergency preparedness and disaster resilience, the nonprofit InfraGard organization has presented APL’s Mary Lasky with its highest honor, the Linda Franklin National Achievement Memorial Award.
![Vijitha Weerackody](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211112b_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 12, 2021
For Johns Hopkins APL Networking Pioneer Weerackody, Senior IEEE Journal Post Provides the View From Space
Vijitha Weerackody, a communications engineer at APL, has been appointed senior editor of the Communications Systems and Network section of the journal IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (TAES).