NASA and SpaceX are now targeting as soon as September 2025 for the launch of the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and ...

Dr. Richard Danzig has been a consultant to US intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense on national security issues. He served as the seventy-first secretary of the Navy from November 1998 ...

The Intelligent Systems Center (ISC) leverages APL’s broad expertise across national security, space exploration, and health to fundamentally advance the use of intelligent systems for our nation’s ...

A Robust Retirement Plan We contribute up to 10.5% of your pay to your retirement savings. The 10.5% includes a foundational APL contribution of 2.5% of your pay, plus matching contributions of $2 for ...

APL Senior Fellows are distinguished experts in national security and space who work together with technical experts at the Laboratory to better inform technology and policy decisions made by U.S.

Dr. Nour Rawafi is an astrophysicist and the project scientist for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission, which launched in 2018. Dr. Rawafi’s research encompasses a wide range of solar and heliospheric ...

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is a secure facility, operating under Department of Defense regulations for restricted entry. All visits must be preapproved via written request and ...

Since the 1940s, we have pioneered contributions to systems engineering and integration, technology research and development, and analysis. United by a shared mission, we use our technical skills and ...

Dr. Brock Wester is an assistant program manager of Biological and Chemical Sciences in APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Mission Area. He oversees research teams with foci in connectomics; ...

Based on technology and a reference system design developed by APL, the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) will help solve the challenge of locating and tracking active satellites in and on ...

Dr. Wes Patterson is a planetary geologist with experience in visible-light and radar remote sensing of the Moon and the icy satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. His research focuses on understanding ...