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An analysis of large salt deposits on Mars, led by Johns Hopkins APL researcher Ellen Leask, indicates that ponds of liquid water existed on the red planet for about a billion years longer than previously believed.

Dr. Robert D. Braun has been announced as the next head of APL’s Space Exploration Sector. Braun has more than 30 years of experience as a space systems engineer, technologist and organizational leader. He will guide the efforts in both civilian space exploration as well as national security related space programs.

For his deep commitment to mentorship at APL, Jaime Arribas Starkey-El was honored by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance with the Edwin H. Land Industry Award, which recognizes the accomplishments of early- and mid-career professionals who work on intelligence, defense and homeland security issues.

Eugene Hinman, a former interim APL director who distinguished himself as a leader and visionary systems engineer over a 38-year career at the Laboratory, died Jan. 3. He was 86.

APL’s Robert Stoll has received a Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate 2021 William Deso Excellence in Program Management Award for his work on biothreat challenges.

APL provided expertise critical to the development of a fieldable nuclear threat assessment instrument that has been selected as a winner of the 2021 R&D 100 Awards.

APL was honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, ranking No. 15 out of 100 U.S. large companies on the Best Places to Work in 2022 list.

Three APL staff members were recently named as fellows to prestigious technical organizations across the country.

An APL team recently completed work on an instrument that will be critical to determining the habitability of Europa, the one of Jupiter’s moons that’s most likely to harbor life.

Andre Douglas, a systems engineer at APL, was selected by NASA to join the 2021 astronaut candidate class. He will report for duty in January to begin two years of training.