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View of Pluto sent from New Horizons spacecraft on July 7, 2015
#PlutoFlyby
From Pluto, with love
Published July 9, 2015 Video
New Horizons spacecraft captures detailed images of Pluto ahead of July 14 close-up
#PlutoFlyby
See how far New Horizons has traveled
Published July 8, 2015 Video
Almost 10 years after it launched, spacecraft will sail past the most distant known planetary body in the solar system
Transmission repair
Contact with New Horizons restored
Published July 6, 2015 Video
Communications with distant spacecraft briefly interrupted, but mission remains on track for July 14 Pluto flyby
Moon mission
APL instruments to explore Europa
Published May 28, 2015
Jupiter moon's saltwater ocean might harbor conditions that could support life, scientists say
Crash ending
Messenger goes out with a bang
Published May 1, 2015
Mission ends as spacecraft launched in 2004 crashes into Mercury's surface
Messenger spacecraft orbits Mercury
Crash course
Last days of Messenger
Published March 19, 2015
With end to historic mission in sight, spacecraft marks four years in Mercury orbit
Drawing them in
Published Spring 2015
APL gets kids interested in STEM, one frame at a time. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
APL eyes retinal prosthesis
Published March-April 2015
$4M will fund development of next-generation glasses with embedded vision-, eye-tracking sensors / Gazette
Pretty pixels
New Horizons beams back new Pluto pictures
Published Feb 5, 2015 Video
Images are first received during the spacecraft's approach to Pluto system, which will culminate with July flyby
Mind control
Amputee makes history
Published Dec 17, 2014 Video
Man who lost both arms 40 years ago operates APL-designed system simply by thinking about moving his limbs