Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA’s IMAP Mission Passes Major Prelaunch Milestone

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) completed its Flight Readiness Review on Sept. 18, which certifies ...
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An Accelerated Paradigm for Developing Mission-Critical Materials

Scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins APL are applying artificial intelligence and robotics to dramatically accelerate ...
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NASA’s Dragonfly Soaring Through Key Development, Test Activities

NASA’s Dragonfly mission has cleared several key design, development and testing milestones and remains on track toward ...
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Mara Named Head of Force Projection Sector at Johns Hopkins APL

Andrew Mara has been named head of the Force Projection Sector at APL. Mara joined APL in 2023 as the head of the National ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Named a Best Workplace for Innovators for Seventh Straight Year

For the seventh consecutive year, APL has been named one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators, recognizing the ...
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Thompson Named Mission Area Executive for National Security Analysis at Johns Hopkins APL

Angela Thompson has been appointed National Security Analysis mission area executive at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Thompson joined the Laboratory in 2007 ...
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Quantum Technologies

APL has been at the forefront of quantum science and engineering for decades. The Low Temperature Quantum Device Laboratory’s capabilities are used to control and characterize novel quantum protocols ...
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Additive Manufacturing

We provide expertise in material development and customization, design optimization, production, and characterization of metal and polymer parts made via additive manufacturing. APL engineers and ...
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A New Path to Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface

Controlling a computer with your mind was once pure science fiction, but it’s now plausible thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. Today’s BCI systems have achieved extraordinary ...
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NASA Authorizes Dragonfly Mission to Proceed With Estimated 2028 Launch Readiness Date

NASA’s Dragonfly mission team is moving on to the next stage of development on the revolutionary, car-sized nuclear-powered drone it plans to fly over and land on the organic-rich sands of Saturn’s ...
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Dragonfly Team Debuts Johns Hopkins APL’s Newest Environmental Test Chamber

The Titan Chamber — the largest environmental simulator ever deployed on the campus of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland — is open for business. The team ...
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere in ‘Once Impossible’ Detail

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is dazzling scientists yet again, this time not with stunning images of the cosmos but instead with the first comprehensive list of molecular ingredients in the ...