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Rachel is a third-year Ph.D. student from Eldersburg, Maryland. She holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship that she聽was awarded in 2022. Rachel's research focuses on the dynamical evolution of binary asteroid systems. Prior to attending CU Boulder and joining ORCCA, she interned at both NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She is currently a Pathways Intern at NASA Goddard