The mission operations centre is the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

BBC: At a glance: Asteroid touchdown

Mark Showalter is from the SETI Institute, and Hal Weaver is a researcher at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

ENGADGET: Pluto moon names to be selected by public voting, we talk to astronomer Mark Showalter

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have partnered together on a successful trial for a brain-computer interface that allows a person to control a robotic arm using only their thoughts.

FORBES: Quadriplegic Controls Robot Arm With His Mind

Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, a leading space research center, recently conducted feasibility studies into junk-zapping lasers and garbage-collecting rockets.

WSJ: A Cosmic Question: How to Get Rid Of All That Orbiting Space Junk?

Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, is one of only five exceptional female scientists from around the globe to receive an award this year.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: UK scientist named 2009 Laureate For Women In Science for Europe