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Aug 12, 2020
Parker Solar Probe Mission Turns a Terrific Two
On Aug. 12, Parker Solar Probe reaches the two-year mark in its journey to unlock the mysteries of the Sun. Celebrate the mission’s second launch anniversary with a look at the discoveries and milestones reached during Parker Solar Probe’s most recent year in space.
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Aug 11, 2020
Danielle Chou Selected for AAAS Science and Technology Fellowship at Department of Energy
Danielle Chou, a project manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in the Air and Missile Defense Sector, recently accepted a one-year AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship to work with the Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office in Washington, D.C.
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Press Release
Aug 7, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Hosting Final Installment of DARPA Virtual Combat Competition
APL will virtually host the third and final installment of DARPA’s AlphaDogfight Trials (ADT) from Aug. 18 to 20. DARPA tapped APL’s expertise in software development, AI development, modeling and simulation, as well as aircraft dynamics and controls to create the simulation environment and AI for the three ADT competition events.
![APL's unbreakable, flexible lithium-ion battery](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200804_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 4, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Options Unbreakable Battery Technology to Longeviti Neuro Solutions
Johns Hopkins APL has entered into an option agreement with Maryland-based Longeviti Neuro Solutions, LLC, for use of the Lab’s unbreakable, flexible lithium-ion battery technology, which is uniquely suited to the type of innovative neuro devices Longeviti creates for complex brain surgeries.
![Image of the inside of an iron meteorite, showing the characteristic Widmanstätten pattern of long, iron-nickel crystals that crisscross one another. Many iron meteorites are thought to be vestiges of a planet’s core that was blasted apart early in our solar system’s evolution. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200803_image1_lg.jpg)
News
Aug 3, 2020
Iron Meteorite ‘Fingerprints’ Reveal New Details About Planet Formation
A new study that included Johns Hopkins APL planetary scientist Nancy Chabot reveals new details about iron meteorites and the formation of planets during the solar system’s youth, but it also highlights that scientists may currently be missing a large chunk of the meteorite record from these early planetary bodies.
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Press Release
Jul 29, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Ranked No. 3 on Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators List
APL secured the No. 3 spot on Fast Company’s 2020 Best Workplaces for Innovators list — marking the second consecutive year that the Laboratory appeared among businesses and organizations around the globe honored for demonstrating a deep commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels.
![DART prototype image in space](/sites/default/files/2024-02/DART_Hero_8-20-20-cropped.jpeg)
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Jul 23, 2020
A Mission with Impact
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – NASA’s first in-space planetary defense demonstration – will get one chance to hit its target, the small moon in the binary asteroid system Didymos.
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Feature Story
Jul 23, 2020
Predicting the Unpredictable — The Dynamics of DART’s Dive Into an Asteroid
What will happen after NASA’s DART spacecraft finally collides with its target asteroid? With myriad potential outcomes, and little known about the asteroid, the answer seems almost impossible to determine. Yet modelers from Johns Hopkins APL are slowly narrowing the range of possibilities, and providing the tools that will be needed to defend Earth from a cataclysmic impact.
![Images taken 10 days apart compare air pollution in Tieling, China, in March 2019. A new proposed instrument will be able to track air pollution levels with unprecedented detail. Credit: Tomskyhaha, CC BY-SA 4.0](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200722b_image2_lg.jpg)
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Jul 22, 2020
New Space Instrument Technology Promises Unmatched Ability to Track Pollutants
Funded by NASA, Space Exploration Sector researchers are working on an instrument that will enable scientists to track and source air pollutants with unprecedented detail — an especially valuable tool as the unanticipated air-quality experiment of COVID-19 lockdowns gradually ends.
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Press Release
Jul 22, 2020
JHU and Johns Hopkins APL Thought Leaders Talk Technology in a Post-COVID World
APL’s Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis Christine Fox joined several thought leaders across the Johns Hopkins enterprise in a two-day forum to discuss the world order after COVID-19, focusing specifically on technology, the internet, 5G and semiconductors.