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Learn More >> NRL NEWS DoN HBCU/MI Research Program selects Dr. Atoyebi as Inaugural Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NRL By | Dec. 16, 2022 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) chemist Olufolasade Atoyebi, Ph.D., is The Department of the MORE NRL CIRCE Satellites Delivered, Set for Historic 2022 UK Launch By Paul Cage, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Nov. 17, 2022 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory oversaw the delivery and preparation for launch of its twin 6U CubeSat satellites on Oct. 15 at Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay in the United Kingdom (U.K.). CIRCE is a joint NRL-United Kingdom Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) experiment designed to measure the Earth’s ionosphere and particle radiation environment from a circular orbit at 555 km (344 miles) altitude in a lead/trail formation 300-500 km (186-310 miles) apart in the same orbit plane. MORE NRL Engineers Ready Innovative Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) Payload for Launch By Paul Cage, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Nov. 9, 2022 Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) recently completed robotic payload component level testing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program. MORE So Little Time: NRL Father and Son-in-Law Construct World’s Smallest Sundial By Samina Mondal, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Nov. 3, 2022 Two scientists, Jeremy T. Robinson, a Materials Research Scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C., and Woodruff T. Sullivan III, a former summer student at NRL in the 1960s, came to the consensus of crafting a nano sundial. Nine months later, the invented sundial apparatus was awarded a provisional patent “MicroDial- Miniaturized apparatus for solar time keeping” and won an international contest for the "world’s smallest sundial." MORE NRL researcher receives ASME Lifetime Achievement Award By Michelle Patten, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Sept. 7, 2022 John Michopoulos, Ph.D., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory head, received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Lifetime Achievement Award. MORE NASA’s JWST Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World By Paul Cage, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Sept. 2, 2022 Jordan Stone, Ph.D., an astrophysicist in NRL’s Remote Sensing Division is part of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s early release science team for direct observations of exoplanets that released the observations of a super-Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, using JWST near-infrared camera and mid-infrared instrument. MORE NRL fungal experiment launches as Artemis I payload By Michelle Patten, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Aug. 26, 2022 An experiment prepared by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch as part of NASA’s scheduled Artemis I mission to orbit the moon. The experiment will use samples of fungi to investigate effects of the deep space radiation environment outside of Earth’s protective magnetosphere. MORE NRL Launches Quantum Navy YouTube Series By U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Aug. 1, 2022 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), with the help of Defense Media Activity, is launching a three-part series highlighting the importance of quantum research for the 21st century U.S. Navy. MORE SIRI-2 to Qualify Technologies for Radiation Detection in Space By Paul Cage, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | July 13, 2022 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spectrometer, will demonstrate the performance of europium-doped strontium iodide gamma ray detection technology with sufficient active area for Department of Defense (DoD) operational needs. MORE NRL, Aerospace Industry Hosts 18th Annual CanSat Student Challenge By Samina Mondal, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | July 13, 2022 After countless hours of preparation, flight testing, and launching, 23 student teams from universities and colleges around the world participated in the CanSat Aerospace Competition at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, June 11-12, 2022. MORE NEWS ARCHIVE >> NRL 100th Anniversary Please click on above patch to learn more about NRL's Heritage. NRL Social Media Facebook Facebook Twitter Tweets by USNRL This Is An Official U.S. Navy Website. 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