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The U.S. Space Force received Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) technology from APL, which acted as design agent of the government reference architecture for the operational program.

APL is analyzing application scenarios for large structures manufactured in space, a capability to be enabled by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency NOM4D program.

As one of 120 women in STEM to be honored with a statue on the National Mall, Johns Hopkins APL’s Ciara Sivels is part of the #IfThenSheCan exhibit, the centerpiece of the Smithsonian’s Women’s Futures Month. Her statue is on display in the National Air and Space Museum through March 27.

As he ties up a decades-long career in the space domain, former APL Space Exploration Sector head Mike Ryschkewitsch has been recognized with the National Space Club and Foundation’s Norman J. Baker Astronautics Engineer Award.

The Dragonfly guest investigator program includes opportunities for early career scientists and engineers to gain experience during all phases of the game-changing NASA rotorcraft-lander mission to Saturn’s moon Titan.

By linking two existing operational capabilities, scientists and engineers at APL have created a tool to arm first responders with crucial information by computing the impact of natural disaster damage on a given mission.

Seven years ago, scientists made the surprising discovery of oxygen coming from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, throwing into question much of what they thought they knew about the early solar system. But a new study led by Johns Hopkins APL researchers reveals new details that suggest not everything about that discovery is as it seems.

Representatives from a host of federal, state and local agencies convened recently at APL for the fourth iteration of a Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise to assess our nation’s ability to respond effectively to a (simulated) asteroid impact threat to Earth.

APL has been named No. 3 on Fast Company's 2022 World's Most Innovative Space Companies list for building and managing NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.