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Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876

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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
Space shows its stripes
Published March 19, 2014
NASA spacecraft discover distinct 'zebra stripe' pattern on near-Earth radiation belt
Summer mentorship
Program pairs engineering students with APL mentors
Published Jan 31, 2014
Undergrads will be selected to participate in summer internships at the university's Applied Physics Lab
APL launches new generation of small satellites
Published Dec 2013
Experimental 'cubesats' designed for range of national security, space science operations / Gazette
Close encounters
On comets, old and new
Published Nov 14, 2013
NASA's Messenger prepares for flybys by comets ISON, Encke later this month