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Space
What a blast
Up, up and away
Published Nov 25, 2013
Johns Hopkins student-built rocket launches on mission to analyze what makes up Comet ISON
Close encounters
On comets, old and new
Published Nov 14, 2013
NASA's Messenger prepares for flybys by comets ISON, Encke later this month
Big (Bang) bucks
Published Sept 26, 2013
Johns Hopkins physicists get $1.3M grant to study early universe
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
Star turn
NASA honors Ford's focus fix
Published Aug 2013
NASA honors JHU scientist Holland Ford for key Hubble contribution / Gazette
Solar surprises
Interstellar adventure
Published Aug 2013
APL continues to gain new insight into outskirts of our solar system from NASA's Voyager / Gazette
Comet ISON
Coming soon
What makes comet fizz?
Published July 25, 2013
Scientists say Comet ISON is emitting carbon dioxide as it nears our solar system / Applied Physics Laboratory
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
Space
APL staffer selected for NASA astronaut training
Published June 25, 2013
Christina Hammock created complex scientific instruments bound for space. Now, as one of eight new NASA astronaut candidates, she has her own chance to explore the stars.