![APL has collaborated with Purdue University on the Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) Experiments, partnering with Purdue professors, researchers and graduate students on the project and utilizing Purdue’s unique facilities and wind tunnels.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200625_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 25, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL and Purdue University Establish Partnership Focused on Hypersonics
APL and Purdue University have signed an agreement that will allow both institutions to harness one another’s capabilities and expertise in the field of hypersonics.
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Press Release
Jun 24, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Ranks Among Insider Pro and Computerworld’s ‘Best Places to Work in IT’
Making the list for the third consecutive year, APL held its No. 11 ranking among large organizations and is ranked second overall for both training and career development.
![In 2022, a binary asteroid system — an asteroid with its own moon — will be the target of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first full-scale demonstration of an asteroid deflection technology for planetary defense.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200623_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 23, 2020
NASA’s First Planetary Defense Mission Target Gets a New Name
Nearly two decades ago, a near-Earth asteroid was discovered to have a moon and the binary system was given the name “Didymos” — Greek for “twin,” a loose description of the larger main body and the smaller orbiting moon, which became unofficially known as Didymos B.
![Jennifer Cooper](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200616_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 16, 2020
Jennifer Cooper Joins Acoustical Society of America Executive Council
Jennifer Cooper, a program scientist at APL, was recently selected to serve on the Executive Council of the Acoustical Society of America, the country’s main professional society for acoustics.
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Press Release
Jun 11, 2020
MESSENGER Shows How a Spacecraft Could End Neutron Lifetime Stalemate
Using data from MESSENGER, researchers from Johns Hopkins APL and Durham University have demonstrated that the lifetime of a neutron can be measured from space.
![Artist’s concept of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s MMX mission](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200609_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 9, 2020
Mars-Bound Johns Hopkins APL Spectrometer Passes Major Milestone
The team at Johns Hopkins APL designing the gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer instrument for the Japan-led Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos passed its mission confirmation review on May 26, completing a critical milestone that now moves the instrument into its final design phase.
![Andy Oak](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200604_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 4, 2020
Andy Oak Named Homeland Protection Mission Area Executive at Johns Hopkins APL
Andy Oak has been named mission area executive for Homeland Protection at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he will direct efforts to create disruptive capabilities that safeguard and secure the nation against asymmetric threats.
![Since 1982, the Cospas-Sarsat Program system has provided information assisting in the rescue of more than 46,000 people in more than 13,000 distress situations.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200529_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 29, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL, NASA Upgrade Global Search and Rescue System
NASA may be best known for focusing on what’s beyond Earth’s atmosphere, but the agency also has another role — searching for human life on our home planet, especially when those lives are in danger. APL staff members are working with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and its partners to upgrade NASA’s Search and Rescue system.
![Participants in an internal Reconnaissance Chess Challenge at APL observe a player’s moves.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200529b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 29, 2020
‘It’s Like Playing Chess Blind’: Competition Tests AI Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Last fall, more than 60 teams from around the world signed up for a competition developed by Johns Hopkins APL to advance machine decision-making under uncertainty.
![Teresa Wilburn](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200528_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 28, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Administrator Lends Nursing Services to COVID-19 Fight
Teresa Wilburn tuned to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s early announcements on the state’s coronavirus response with keen ear. As the COVID-19 pandemic began to fully take root in the United States, Wilburn, a group office administrator at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, could feel her registered nurse instincts rising to the surface.