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Johns Hopkins APL-Supported Researchers Turn Biological Innovation Into a New Startup

With support from APL, former staff members John Sittmann and Tom Curtis have launched Deep Root Biolabs, a startup advancing ...
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Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift

When NASA’s Dragonfly begins full rotorcraft integration and testing in early 2026, the mission team will tap into a trove of ...
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NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL to Investigate Space Radiation Effects on the Lunar Surface

APL has been awarded one of three new NASA science investigations designed to strengthen humanity’s understanding and ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Expertise Supports New Navy Jammer

The Next Generation Jammer features high-power amplifier technology and an extended range. APL provided technical insight and ...
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Moss Appointed to National Industrial Security Policy Committee

Leonard Moss Jr. has been appointed to the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC), the ...
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Giving Spacecraft the Power To Guide Themselves

In person, SMART Nav doesn’t look like much. It’s in a metal square that’s laced into a web of soldered wires, resistors and diodes on a circuit board. In fact, technologically speaking, it’s a ...
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Kareem Sorathia

Dr. Kareem Sorathia is a geospace scientist and Principal Professional Staff member in the Solar and Space Physics Group within APL’s Space Exploration Sector. With over 15 years of experience ...
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Elena Provornikova

Dr. Elena Provornikova is a research scientist with expertise in physics-based modeling and simulations of space plasmas on high-performance computing systems. Her research focuses on investigating ...