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Space exploration
#PlutoFlyby
See how far New Horizons has traveled
Published July 8, 2015 Video
Almost 10 years after it launched, spacecraft will sail past the most distant known planetary body in the solar system
Transmission repair
Contact with New Horizons restored
Published July 6, 2015 Video
Communications with distant spacecraft briefly interrupted, but mission remains on track for July 14 Pluto flyby
Way out there
The science of extraterrestrial life
Published Winter 2014
Are we flying solo in the universe? The millennia-old question will be answered in our lifetime. Maybe. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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
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
Crash course
Last days of Messenger
Published June 19, 2014
APL scientists extend spacecraft's life by modifying its orbit around Mercury
CLASS project
Looking back in time
Published May 27, 2014 Video
Johns Hopkins astrophysics team builds telescope to study origins of the universe
Zakamska wins Pierce Prize
Published Jan 28, 2014
She was honored for work focuses on the physical mechanisms that govern the appearance, evolution of galaxies