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Applied physics laboratory
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
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