CINEMA mission will explore auroras and Earth's mysterious magnetotail

Every winter, thousands of tourists travel to high-latitude regions like Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska hoping to see the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Vincent Ledvina, an aurora guide and Ph.D ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

MDA, Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate Low-Cost Approach to Missile Defense Testing

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and APL have successfully demonstrated a new, lower-cost approach to national missile defense testing validating that commercially operated rockets can support rapid, ...