![Instrumented Rail Inspection System, or IRiS](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160727_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 27, 2016
Applied Physics Lab Team Develops Innovative Remote Rail Security and Inspection System
Developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, IRiS is a remote-controlled, rail-riding vehicle designed to provide reconnaissance information to first responders and law enforcement personnel when railway incidents occur.
![Patrick Binning](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160721_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 21, 2016
Johns Hopkins APL Names Patrick Binning Mission Area Executive for National Security Space
Patrick Binning has been named mission area executive for National Security Space at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. In this role, Binning is responsible for APL programs that focus on space solutions to critical national security challenges.
![Engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, prepare the developing Solar Probe Plus spacecraft for thermal vacuum tests that simulate conditions in space](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160714_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 14, 2016
Solar Probe Plus Mission Moves into Advanced Development
NASA’s first mission to “touch” the sun has passed a critical development milestone that keeps it well on track toward its scheduled summer 2018 launch.
![Ama Romaine](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160708_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 8, 2016
Romaine Joins Johns Hopkins APL as General Counsel
Former Vice President and Senior Counsel of Hilton Hotel Brands Ama Romaine has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as general counsel and supervisor of the Office of Counsel.
![Artist’s concept of NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160705_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 5, 2016
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft — and APL’s JEDI — in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter
After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA’s Juno spacecraft — carrying an instrument suite that includes the Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI), built by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) — successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn.
![APL’s Tom Krimigis (center) receives the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal from Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot (left) and Administrator Charlie Bolden (right)](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160701_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 1, 2016
Applied Physics Laboratory Space Exploration Pioneer Tom Krimigis Receives NASA's Highest Service Award
Stamatios “Tom” Krimigis, a Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory scientist whose storied professional career has closely paralleled American space exploration, has been awarded NASA’s highest service honor.
![Juno's JEDI Instrument](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cover-Juno-JEDI-Instrument.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 29, 2016
NASA’s Juno and JEDI: Ready to Unlock Mysteries of Jupiter
On board NASA’s Juno spacecraft — set to enter Jupiter orbit on July 4 — are instruments that will help scientists answer fundamental questions not just about the solar system’s largest planet but also about Earth and the universe.
![The Johns Hopkins APL BOPPS team members](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160622_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 22, 2016
BOPPS Team Soars Again with NASA Group Achievement Award
The APL team that designed and implemented the Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science (BOPPS) in 2014 was awarded NASA’s prestigious Group Achievement Award for its work and successes.
![Members of the Pelagos team from the U.S. Navy and Johns Hopkins APL](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160616_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 20, 2016
New Pelagos Sensor System Improves U.S. Submarine Operations
A new program called Pelagos — developed as an independent research and development project by the Sea Control Mission Area of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory — provides U.S. submariners with a wide array of new data about their environment, as well as improved methods to utilize this data to make tactically relevant decisions.
![Steve Gribben](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160608_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 8, 2016
APL Space Missions Commemorated on Postage Stamps
U.S. postage stamps featuring a pair of prominent Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory space missions debuted recently. The “Pluto — Explored!” set commemorates the July 2015 flyby of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft; “Views of Our Planets” features iconic images of the planets in our solar system, including an image of Mercury from the MESSENGER mission.