Cade Keegan

Cade Keegan is an Orbital Science Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Inc since January 2022, focusing on operations and science for the Context Camera and Mars Color Imager onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Prior to this role, Cade served as an Undergraduate Researcher at Princeton University from September 2019 to May 2021, investigating dust-reddening and quasar genesis through correlations with host galaxy properties using data from Subaru's Hyper Suprime-Cam and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Additionally, Cade worked as a Remote Sensing Intern at The Aerospace Corporation from June 2019 to August 2020, where operations included using a 1-m telescope to gather photometric data on defunct satellites and asteroids, generating light curves and identifying targets for further study. Cade holds a Bachelor of Arts in Astrophysics from Princeton University and an Advanced Certificate in Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley.