Tag: Mars Rover
Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team finishes third in University Rover Challenge
The Mars Rover Design Team at Missouri S&T was among the top finishers in the annual University Rover Challenge, an international competition held at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah.
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Missouri S&T student design teams gear up for competition
Innovation doesn’t take a break. Missouri S&T student design teams are working on everything from rockets to underwater robotics, and are preparing to take their projects to regional, national and international competitions in the coming months.
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Missouri S&T’s 2022 Mars Rover to debut March 12
The Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team will reveal this year’s student-built rover at a ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center (SDELC), housed in the Kummer Student Design Center at 1051 N. Bishop in Rolla. After the unveiling, the Missouri S&T team will host a meet-and-greet with team members and showcase various parts and aspects of the rover. The event is free and open to the public.
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Newly discovered material may ease wear and tear on extraterrestrial vehicles
As NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover continues to explore the surface of Mars, scientists on Earth have developed a new nanoscale metal carbide that could act as a “superlubricant” to reduce wear and tear on future rovers. Researchers in Missouri S&T’s chemistry department and Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, working with a class of […]
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Missouri S&T’s 2020 Mars Rover to debut March 8
The Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team will reveal Icarus, this year’s student-built rover, at a ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 8, in the Havener Center atrium on campus.
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Missouri S&T to host Space Week events Nov. 18-23
Missouri S&T’s Mars Rover Design Team will host a week filled with guest speakers, observatory viewings and a movie screening this November.
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Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team to compete in Utah
A team of students from Missouri S&T will demonstrate the fundamentals of remote robotic travel and task completion as part of a competition that challenges students to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers.
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Missouri S&T Mars Rover to be revealed March 9
The Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team will aim to retake the title of world champion in 2019 and will begin by unveiling Valkyrie, this year’s student-built rover, at a ceremony scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, in the Havener Center atrium on the S&T campus.
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S&T team places second in University Rover Challenge, best among U.S. teams
Missouri S&T’s Mars Rover Design Team, winners of the 2017 University Rover Challenge (URC) finished second among a field of 36 collegiate teams in this year’s competition, which was won by Czestochowa University of Technology. Missouri S&T had the top score among the 12 U.S. teams in the competition.
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Missouri S&T Mars Rover to defend world title
The world champion Mars Rover Design Team at Missouri S&T will defend its title this month in a competition designed to test the fundamentals of remote robotic travel and task completion using next-generation Mars rovers.
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