Join us for a special virtual event with deep space navigation team leader Coralie Adam, hosted by Illinois Libraries Present.
Coralie Adam leads the multi-mission Optical Navigation team at KinetX Aerospace, the first privately held company to provide deep space navigation and flight dynamics expertise to NASA. During her 13 years at KinetX, she has had lead roles on the navigation teams for NASA’s New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx, Lucy, and OSIRIS-APEX missions.
Adam’s work enabled the first exploration of the Pluto system and the historic sample collection of near-Earth asteroid Bennu in 2023. In addition to leading the OSIRIS-REx optical navigation team, she co-convened the scientific investigation of Bennu’s active particle ejection phenomena. Adam is currently the Deputy Navigation Chief on NASA’s Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, a navigation lead and science co-investigator on the OSIRIS-APEx extended mission to asteroid Apophis, as well as supporting several commercial and government exploration initiatives to the moon and beyond.
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com
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