APL opens its doors to staff's families for annual event The Applied Physics Laboratory will hold a Family Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 10. The annual event provides an opportunity for the families of APL staff to tour personal work areas and key facilities where work is being performed for sponsors, including the armed forces, NASA and the Department of Transportation. Staff and guests can also tour new Building 26, which is dedicated to the programs of the Air Defense Systems and Joint Warfare Analysis departments. The event will include exhibits and displays in all technical and service departments. All guests must have a visitor's badge to enter the security perimeter.
Online registration is available on the website.
APL to examine feasibility of automated deep space probe In a project of Star Trek proportions, NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts has asked APL to look at what it would take to build and launch a small, automated probe that would travel beyond the influence of the sun to study matter and energy in the space between nearby stars. The study is based on a launch in the 2010 to 2020 time frame.