News Releases

The NASA TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) spacecraft, which studies the impact of solar- and human-induced disturbances on Earth’s upper atmosphere, celebrated 5,000 days of continuous data collection on Aug. 15.

A team from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Stanford University took an important step toward safer and faster charging of lithium-ion batteries by advancing the capability for dynamic, noninvasive internal temperature measurement.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop image analysis and machine-learning tools to detect age-related macular degeneration.

Three staff members from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will receive 2015 Women of Color Technology Awards for their accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields.

The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell the mission team and the world it had accomplished the historic first-ever flyby of Pluto.

Join us to celebrate the recent New Horizons Pluto flyby at Plutopalooza on Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lisa Blodgett has been named head of the Force Projection Sector at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, is considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for signs of life under its frozen ocean crust, and a new NASA mission to explore this potential is moving forward from concept to development.

NASA has awarded $3 million for development of a compact gamma-ray spectrometer by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); APL will lead the effort.

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, played a key role in the successful completion of a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test in cooperation with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and industry partners.