Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missouri S&T's Mars Rover Design Team won the University Rover Challenge, an annual competition at the Mars Desert Research ...

Make it back-to-back world championships. The Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team took first place at the 2026 University Rover Challenge in late May in Hanksville, Utah. "It feels incredible," team ...

A Missouri University of Science and Technology student helped train future scientists. Hickman High School Graduate Chase Stem is the leader of the World Champion Mars Rover Design Team at Rolla’s ...

Jesse Deuel’s personal philosophy is to “shoot for the highest things you can see.” Recently, he’s taken a more literal approach to that goal. The Mill Valley native recently graduated from the ...

Jeremy Rabe and Tom Trtan were thrilled to welcome some of the Student Engineers that recently WON 1st place at the University Rover Challenge. In June 2025, the Mars Rover Design Team at Missouri S&T ...

Missouri S&T senior Chase Stem, seeking an aerospace engineering degree, is a product of nominative determinism — like a doctor with the last name "Hurts," his name provided an early indication of his ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered an extraordinary landscape while climbing through a Martian valley nicknamed "Valle Grande." Images sent back by the rover show the ground covered with honeycomb ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County, including Independence. Share your story idea with Tod. Missouri S&T’s Mars Rover Design Team won the ...