![General David L. Goldfein](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210323_image1_sq.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 23, 2021
Former Air Force Chief of Staff Goldfein Named Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins APL
Gen. David L. Goldfein, former chief of staff of the Air Force, has joined APL as a Senior Fellow. He will share expertise to help maximize APL's technological contributions to critical national challenges, including readiness, strategic deterrence and space operations.
![View from space of the Moon near Earth during a sunrise](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210322_image1_med.jpg)
News
Mar 22, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Engages Government and Industry on Critical Lunar Space Issues
APL is holding its second annual Cislunar Security Conference the week of November 15, 2021. Space is quickly becoming an even more critical part of the nation’s scientific and national security agendas, with increased attention on activities in the vicinity of the Moon and on its surface.
![Man uses Johns Hopkins APL's Modular Prosthetic Limb to make music](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Music_MPL.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 18, 2021
Amputee Makes Music with the Modular Prosthetic Limb
In 2018, Johnny Matheny became the first person to take home the world’s most advanced Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL) — developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland — for a yearlong opportunity to determine how the arm functions in the real world.
![Artist’s impression of the Hope spacecraft moving into orbit at Mars on Feb. 9.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210318_image1_med.jpg)
News
Mar 18, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Technology Helps Mars Mission Phone Home
The Emirates Mars Mission, also known as “Hope,” stays connected to its operators on Earth using a novel radio provided by APL.
![A 2007 image from the APL-built STEREO B spacecraft of the Moon crossing in front of the Sun.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210317_image2_med.jpg)
News
Mar 17, 2021
A New Conceptual Mission Proposes to Study Earth Like an Exoplanet
A new conceptual mission developed by Johns Hopkins APL researchers proposes to send a small spacecraft to view Earth as if it were a potentially habitable exoplanet and help validate whether the methods currently used to look for habitable worlds can even detect life on the one planet where we know it does exist.
![David Silberberg](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210311b_image1_sq.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 15, 2021
Silberberg Named Chair of Whiting School Information Systems Program
The field of information systems engineering is facing new challenges with the increased use of artificial intelligence and machine learning across public sectors and a resulting surge of legal, privacy and ethical concerns. David Silberberg, a computer scientist and engineer at Johns Hopkins APL, is excited to help address these challenges as the newly appointed chair of the Johns Hopkins Whiting School’s Information Systems Engineering program.
![Ashutosh Dutta. Credit: COMSNETS 2020](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210315_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Mar 15, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Team Launches Regional Chapter of Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the global computing society with nearly 100,000 members from more than 190 countries, has chartered a Baltimore professional chapter led by APL employees. It will be the only ACM professional chapter in the Baltimore/Washington region, which is home to thousands of computing professionals across leading universities, major companies and government agencies.
![In the video above, the APL team’s fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle launches in fierce winds from approximately 100 meters away from its target.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_DARPA_Offset_Video.jpg)
News
Mar 14, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Helps DARPA OFFSET Program Take Flight
As part of DARPA’s OFFSET program, an APL team proved fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could have quadcopter UAV agility and mobility but add greater range, endurance and speed.
![United States Space Force logo](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210312_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 12, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Hosts Vice Chief of Space Operations
APL leaders welcomed Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations for U.S. Space Force, to the Laboratory on March 3, for a tour and briefings on APL work.
![Astronauts on the moon](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210312c_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 12, 2021
NASA Extends Johns Hopkins APL Leadership of Lunar Innovation Initiative
NASA has tapped APL to continue supporting the agency’s Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative, which aims to spur the development and deployment of technologies enabling humans to live and work on the Moon.