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Applied physics laboratory
Far out
Are we there yet?
Published Dec 2, 2014
APL-operated New Horizons spacecraft, launched in January 2006, set to wake up for long-awaited encounter with Pluto
Two APL scientists honored
Published Nov 24, 2014
Benkoski, Trexler receive early career awards from Maryland Academy of Sciences
Kuiper Belt targets
Published Nov-Dec 2014
Hubble uncovers three objects that New Horizons spacecraft could potentially visit / Gazette
Ice pics
First look at Mercury ice
Published Oct 16, 2014
NASA Messenger provides optical images of frozen materials permanently shadowed near planet's north pole
Close encounters
Scientists await Mars comet
Published Oct 13, 2014
Comet Siding Spring expected to pass within 87,000 miles of Mars
Solar sailor
APL engineer honored
Published Oct 8, 2014
Daniel O'Shaughnessy receives Heinlein Award for development of spacecraft navigational technique
Moon dance
Pluto satellite spotted
Published Aug 13, 2014 Video
New Horizons snaps historic photos of Pluto's largest moon in motion
Closer encounters
Messenger gets closer to Mercury
Published July 29, 2014
Polar ice deposits, unusual geological features, and the planet's gravity and magnetic fields to be explored
Crash course
Last days of Messenger
Published June 19, 2014
APL scientists extend spacecraft's life by modifying its orbit around Mercury
#InnovationDeficit
Wanted: Support for research
Published April 28, 2014 Video
Daniels, Semmel submit testimony ahead of U.S. Senate committee hearing on federal research spending