The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center (UARC) associated with Johns Hopkins University. It serves as a crucial technical resource for the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and other government entities, engaging in space science and spacecraft construction. APL has designed, built, and operated over 70 spacecraft, including missions like the New Horizons probe to Pluto, the Parker Solar Probe, and the DART mission; partners include NASA, ESA, and the U.S. Space Force. Associated keywords: space exploration, spacecraft design, planetary defense, NASA missions, and space technology.
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Intuitive Machines, Inc. has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to advance lunar communications and navigation infrastructure in cislunar space.
Over approximately nine years, the University of New Hampshire will work with subcontractor Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Maryland, to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, and evaluate the sensors and to support their launch and post-launch operations.
DART was designed, built, and operated by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
Applied Research Associates Inc. was awarded a contract with a maximum cumulative ceiling of $4,000,000,000 for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Research and Development Directorate.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory reported that of the 1,000 near-Earth objects capable of global impact, only four could cause mass extinctions, and none is currently on track to do so.
Ralph McNutt is the chief scientist for space science at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
The Space Force awarded a $10,000,000 contract to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to evaluate the software and cybersecurity of ground systems for a new classified satellite network.
Space Systems Command awarded a $10,000,000 University-Affiliated Research Center laboratory contract to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to ensure software and cyber best practices are adhered to in the GRIFFON ground segment.
On 2023-09-26, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory was selected to assess the ground systems of the Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS) satellites being developed for nuclear command, control, and communications.
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory designed, built, and operates Parker Solar Probe and manages the mission for NASA.
The Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory provided technical support for the Strategic Defense Initiative after Reagan's announcement.
Perrone Robotics has an established history of working with institutions of higher learning including the University of Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins University, University of Hawaii, University of Virginia, Eastern Michigan University, and Drexel University.
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, EO Vista, the University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, and Southwest Research Institute won $800,000 contracts to perform definition-phase studies of the coronagraph for the NOAA Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 mission.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California, leads development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Space Micro partnered with Johns Hopkins University to develop an adaptive optics solution that uses deformable mirrors to transmit a laser signal through atmospheric turbulence.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to commercialize small spacecraft telemetry and control radio technology.
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft arrived in California after leaving the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory are studying the Interstellar Probe mission that could launch before 2030.
Delivery of the DART spacecraft bus from Aerojet Rocketdyne to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory was delayed about a month and a half because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aerojet Rocketdyne installed the electric propulsion system on the DART spacecraft bus delivered to the Applied Physics Laboratory.