![View of Neptune from New Horizons](/sites/default/files/2023-02/140825_1.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 25, 2014
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Crosses Neptune’s Orbit En Route to Historic Pluto Encounter
NASA’s Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has traversed the orbit of Neptune. This is its last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close encounter with distant Pluto on July 14, 2015.
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Press Release
Aug 21, 2014
Test Demonstrates Standard Missile-6 Effectiveness and Versatility
The Navy executed a successful flight test of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) at White Sands Missile Range Aug. 14.
![MESSENGER: 10 Years in Space](/sites/default/files/2023-02/140801_1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 1, 2014
MESSENGER Team Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Launch
Ten years ago, on August 3, 2004, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a risky mission that would take the small satellite dangerously close to Mercury’s surface, paving the way for an ambitious study of the planet closest to the Sun.
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Press Release
Jul 3, 2014
Donna Gregg Selected to Lead Asymmetric Operations at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Donna Gregg has been named head of the Asymmetric Operations Sector at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.
![Maria Cimilluca](/sites/default/files/2023-02/140604_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 4, 2014
Maria Cimilluca Named Head of Plant Engineering Services at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Maria Cimilluca, former senior director of Facilities Management at Cornell University, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as head of the Plant Engineering Services Department.
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Press Release
Jun 3, 2014
APL Instrument to Fly on First NASA-Funded Virgin Galactic Spaceflight
While Earth’s upper atmosphere may soon be a destination for space tourists, scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have set their sights on being among the first to blaze a research trail in this “suborbital” region, with the launch of an instrument to study magnetic activity 50 miles aboveground.
![Christine Fox](/sites/default/files/2023-02/140519_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 19, 2014
Christine Fox Returns to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab as Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis
Christine H. Fox, who recently served for five months as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense, has returned to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and has been named as Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis.
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Press Release
May 1, 2014
APL Recognizes Top Inventions, Researchers and Publications
A method for quickly predicting the evolution of viruses was selected as The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Invention of the Year for 2013. The award was presented April 29 at APL’s annual Technical Achievement Awards ceremony, which also recognized top innovations, publications and researchers at APL from 2013.
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Press Release
Apr 22, 2014
Johns Hopkins APL Modular Prosthetic Limb to Be Exhibited at USA Science and Engineering Festival
A revolutionary, neurally controlled prosthetic arm created by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will be the centerpiece of APL’s exhibit at the USA Science & Engineering Festival, from April 25 to 27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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Press Release
Apr 22, 2014
MESSENGER Completes Its 3,000th Orbit of Mercury, Sets Mark for Closest Approach
On April 20, MESSENGER completed its 3,000th orbit of Mercury and moved closer to the planet than any spacecraft has been before, dropping to an altitude of 199 kilometers (123.7 miles) above the planet’s surface.