Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) leads NASA missions and conducts significant grant based research on planetary, space and earth science interests. APL has built and operated 69 spacecraft and instruments, including New Horizons and its successful Pluto encounter in 2015, MESSENGER to Mercury, the Van Allen Probes, and several operational cubesats. APL is building Solar Probe Plus which will fly through the Sun’s corona following its 2018 launch.