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Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876

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Space exploration
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
Voyager 1
Outta here
Fantastic voyage
Published Sept 13, 2013
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has left solar system, becomes first human-made object in interstellar space / Applied Physics Laboratory
Bennett receives Jansky Prize
Published Aug 15, 2013
Award recognizes contributions in the advancement of radio astronomy
Astronomical honor
Published July 19, 2013
JHU's Ford receives NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal for work on Hubble Space Telescope
New Horizons spacecraft
APL hosts New Horizons talk
Published July 15, 2013
Alan Stern, lead investigator for NASA's mission to Pluto, will speak on July 23