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Michelle Chen’s curiosity helps lead to new discoveries — including bopping an asteroid

Curiosity is something Michelle Chen has always thrived on.

As an engineer at the Applied Physics Lab (APL) at Johns Hopkins University, Chen has worked on a host of interesting research projects. Most recently, she was on the team that developed the autonomous navigation techniques for NASA’s DART Mission that led to the movement of an asteroid on Sept. 26.

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