Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Instrument to Fly on First NASA-Funded Virgin Galactic Spaceflight
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
Earth's upper atmosphere may soon be a destination for space tourists, but scientists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have set their sights on blazing a research trail in this "suborbital" region, with the launch of an instrument to study magnetic activity 50 miles above ground.