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Illustration shows various stages of a quadcopter in flight
Outer space
A Titan proposal
Published June 21, 2018
NASA selects for further development APL's Dragonfly mission to explore Saturn's largest moon
In a room tented in plastic, scientists in lab suits and hair nets inspect the Parker Solar Probe
Mission to the sun
Special delivery
Published June 21, 2018
APL-built Parker Solar Probe heads to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for environmental testing
Lisa Valencia
Rockets' safe travels
Published Winter 2017
Alum Lisa Valencia is part of the team at NASA that develops technology to make decisions for rockets mid-flight / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An orange-yellow ring encircles a yellow dot
Planetary science
From comets come planets
Published June 21, 2018
Planetary scientist at the Applied Physics Lab finds evidence of planetary formation in other solar systems
Artist's rendering of the Cassini spacecraft as it orbits Saturn
Cassini plummets into Saturn's atmosphere
Published June 21, 2018 Video
Spacecraft, with instrument designed and built in part at Applied Physics Lab, revolutionized our understanding of ringed planet
Image depicts a photo of Jupiter, striated with red and gray storm clouds and the iconic Red Dot, topped with an electric blue swirl of color on the north pole representing an aurora
Polar energy
Jupiter auroras present powerful mystery
Published June 21, 2018
APL-built instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft observes significant particle energy that behaves in surprising ways
Illustration shows a hot sun in a green/blue sky, and the two hands holding an abstract diagram of a paint-by-numbers-shape
Pack the sunblock
Published Fall 2017
The Parker Solar Probe, a mission first proposed in 1958, will use Whiting School heat shield and APL mission control to unlock the mysteries of the sun / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Two drone devices with multiple rotors fly across a brown, rocky, barren surface, representing the surface of Titan
Space exploration
Dragonfly effect
Published June 21, 2018
APL proposal would use drone technology to explore possibility of life on Saturn's largest moon, Titan
Summer Gigs
Out of this world
Published June 21, 2018
As an intern at NASA, Sophia Porter learns that achievements are worldwide triumphs and every contribution matters
Yellow cube spacecraft with two large black rectangular wings
Planetary defense
NASA plans asteroid deflection test
Published June 21, 2018 Video
JHU's Applied Physics Lab will manage test of technique designed to prevent Earth impact