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Mar 10, 2022
Comet 67P’s Abundant Oxygen More of an Illusion, New Study Suggests
Seven years ago, scientists made the surprising discovery of oxygen coming from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, throwing into question much of what they thought they knew about the early solar system. But a new study led by Johns Hopkins APL researchers reveals new details that suggest not everything about that discovery is as it seems. -
Mar 10, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Hosts NASA-FEMA Exercise to Simulate Nation’s Asteroid Impact Response
Representatives from a host of federal, state and local agencies convened recently at APL for the fourth iteration of a Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise to assess our nation’s ability to respond effectively to a (simulated) asteroid impact threat to Earth. -
Mar 8, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Named One of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Space Companies
APL has been named No. 3 on Fast Company’s 2022 World’s Most Innovative Space Companies list for building and managing NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. -
Feb 9, 2022
Visions of Venus: Parker Solar Probe Captures Its First Images of Venus' Surface in Visible Light
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured a series of visible light images of Venus, and this data from the Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft is adding to scientists’ understanding of the planet likened as Earth’s twin. -
Feb 8, 2022
New Analysis Points to Comets as Source of Near-Surface Ices at the Moon’s South Pole
A new analysis examining elemental data from a NASA mission more than a decade ago pins down comets as the source of water ice and volatile elements near the Moon’s South Pole. The finding sheds light on another piece of the Earth-Moon system’s history and underscores the use of the Moon’s ices for revealing that story. -
Feb 2, 2022
New NASA Mission Will Capture First Complete Views of Sun’s Massive Explosions
A new NASA mission led by Johns Hopkins APL researcher and engineer James Mason will use specially developed imaging technology to capture the first complete images and video of some of the Sun’s most powerful explosions and unveil the physical mechanisms that drive them. -
Jan 26, 2022
Prem, Mandt Tapped for Lunar Rover Science Team
Two planetary scientists from Johns Hopkins APL’s Space Exploration Sector were selected to join NASA’s VIPER mission, the agency’s first-ever lunar rover that will explore the Moon’s south pole and investigate the water ice there. -
Jan 26, 2022
Large-Scale Liquid Water Existed on Mars Much Longer Than Suspected
An analysis of large salt deposits on Mars, led by Johns Hopkins APL researcher Ellen Leask, indicates that ponds of liquid water existed on the red planet for about a billion years longer than previously believed. -
Jan 20, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Names Robert D. Braun as Space Exploration Sector Head
Robert D. Braun has been announced as the next head of APL’s Space Exploration Sector. Braun has more than 30 years of experience as a space systems engineer, technologist and organizational leader. He will guide the efforts in both civilian space exploration as well as national security related space programs. -
Jan 10, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Team Delivers Critical Parts for Europa Clipper’s Mapping Instrument
A Johns Hopkins APL team recently completed work on an instrument that will be critical to determining the habitability of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons that’s most likely to harbor life.