Get an inside look at the space industry with Illinois’ own Coralie Adam. Renae Kerrigan, Curator of Science and Director of the Dome Planetarium at Peoria Riverfront Museum, joins her in conversation
Born and raised in Illinois, Coralie holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy from the University of Illinois, and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado. She 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. At KinetX, Coralie has had lead roles on the navigation teams for NASA’s New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx, Lucy, and OSIRIS-APEX missions. Coralie’s work enabled the first exploration of the Pluto system and the historic sample collection of near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition to leading the OSIRIS-REx optical navigation team, she co-convened the scientific investigation of Bennu’s active particle ejection phenomena. Coralie is currently the Deputy Navigation Chief on NASA’s Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, as well as supporting several commercial and government exploration initiatives to the moon and beyond.
Arguably the most dynamic and influential science educator in the Peoria region today is Renae Kerrigan, the youngest person and first woman to serve as curator of science and planetarium director at the only multidisciplinary museum of its kind in the nation. Renae reaches and teaches thousands of area schoolchildren annually, more than 50,000 people overall, and has served in a succession of roles worthy of any top-tier international museum.
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