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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, 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).

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, 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).

Scientists at APL have created a foolproof, accurate, on-the-spot test for detecting RNA viruses that uses mature, off-the-shelf technology.

APL Women in Technology was presented with its third consecutive Gold Mission Award from the Society of Women Engineers, an honor given to groups that demonstrate commitment to SWE’s four goals: professional excellence, globalization, advocacy, and diversity and inclusion.

Human systems engineer Suman Woolums received a special recognition and four other APL women were honored earlier this month with 2021 Women of Color STEM Awards.

Excitement continues to grow as DART’s scheduled launch date inches closer and closer. With now just under three weeks to go, DART team members on both coasts of the country are rehearsing and making preparations for the big day.

An APL team led the development of system requirements for the Shipboard Passive Electro-Optical Infrared (SPEIR) program. SPEIR acts as a visual surveillance system providing persistent high-resolution image processing to operators from a new set of electro-optical/infrared cameras installed above the ship deck.

APL data scientist Daniel Berman and virologist Jared Evans, both in the Lab’s Research and Exploratory Development Department, are applying machine-learning techniques that have been used to crack deep problems in language to the effort of defending against new flu strains before they emerge. Think predictive text, but for viruses instead of words.