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NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s ...
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An Accelerated Paradigm for Developing Mission-Critical Materials

Scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins APL are applying artificial intelligence and robotics to dramatically accelerate ...
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NASA’s IMAP Mission Passes Major Prelaunch Milestone

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) completed its Flight Readiness Review on Sept. 18, which certifies ...
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Dartmouth College: Fall 2025 Engineering Fair

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NASA Authorizes Dragonfly Mission to Proceed With Estimated 2028 Launch Readiness Date

NASA’s Dragonfly mission team is moving on to the next stage of development on the revolutionary, car-sized nuclear-powered drone it plans to fly over and land on the organic-rich sands of Saturn’s ...
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Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with ...
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere in ‘Once Impossible’ Detail

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is dazzling scientists yet again, this time not with stunning images of the cosmos but instead with the first comprehensive list of molecular ingredients in the ...
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Johns Hopkins APL, Microsoft Collaborate to Advance Robotics and Materials Discovery Using AI

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Microsoft, of Redmond, Washington, have agreed to collaborate to accelerate innovation in robotics and materials discovery ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Teaming With DARPA to Accelerate Interoperability Standards for Commercial Lunar Infrastructure

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is applying its expertise in lunar science and technology to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiative to ...
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AI-Driven Wargaming

Wargaming has long been a vital method for understanding human decision-making in complex, uncertain environments by harnessing the power of experiential learning. While traditional wargames offer ...
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NASA’s DART Data Validates Kinetic Impact as Planetary Defense Method

Since NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its target over five months ago, on Sept. 26 — altering the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by a whopping 33 minutes ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Explores Alternatives to PFAS in Firefighting Foams

In response to a new Department of Defense (DoD) mandate that is phasing out the purchase and use of PFAS-containing aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) for firefighting on military bases in 2024, ...