Dec 20, 2024 · NASA and SpaceX are now targeting as soon as September 2025 for the launch of the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft, which is currently undergoing integration and testing at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. The new date provides additional time for …

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What is Dagger? Dagger is a modeling and visualization tool suite that shows how system failures impact mission status. Updated with manual or real-time status, Dagger is used for mission/system planning, situational awareness during mission execution, and course-of …

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Cyberattacks are more elusive, and more damaging, than ever, targeting infrastructure across the nation and around the world. We develop and implement revolutionary situational awareness capabilities across critical cyber platforms and cyber-physical and industrial control systems, from stronger resilience in Navy shipboard and national transportation screening systems to …

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APL will design, build, and operate the Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander. With eight rotors, Dragonfly will take advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere and low gravity to fly between locations — traveling up to 110 miles (175 kilometers), farther than any planetary surface mission.. Dragonfly will be equipped with a sampling system that uses drills to collect and feed surface materials to a mass ...