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Parker Solar Probe approaches sun
Sun science
Can the Parker Solar Probe take the heat?
Published Aug 6, 2018
Researchers at the Applied Physics Lab develop a shield strong enough to protect the spacecraft's sensitive instruments from the heat of the sun
A spacecraft and fairing
Countdown begins
Cleared for launch
Published Aug 1, 2018
The Parker Solar Probe is making its way to the launchpad where it will lift off and begin its historic journey to the sun
Scientist assembles the Parker Solar Probe
NASA / APL
Behind the scenes with the Parker Solar Probe
Published July 16, 2018
Videographer Lee Hobson and photographer Ed Whitman spend their days documenting mankind's mission to "touch" the sun
Illustration shows various stages of a quadcopter in flight
Outer space
A Titan proposal
Published Dec 22, 2017
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 Dec 20, 2017
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 Oct 20, 2017
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 Sept 15, 2017 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 Sept 7, 2017
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