Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team

Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team The Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team seeks to educate and inspire the next generation of humanity. We design, build, and compete with advanced rovers.

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We have officially passed our System Acceptance Review and are qualified to compete in URC 2026!
03/23/2026

We have officially passed our System Acceptance Review and are qualified to compete in URC 2026!

03/21/2026

From all the entire team, THANK YOU!
With your incredible support, we raised $12,641—126% of our goal!

Thank you for believing in us and being part of our journey! ️

03/13/2026

We have 1 week left!

We are just 7 days away from wrapping up our 2026 Crowdfunding Campaign on March 20th.

Join the team and help us defend our world champion title:

https://www.givecampus.com/s/r5jvs1

The countdown is on: 9 days to go!We're marching toward our goal, with the finish line in sight. Our 2026 Crowdfunding C...
03/11/2026

The countdown is on: 9 days to go!

We're marching toward our goal, with the finish line in sight. Our 2026 Crowdfunding Campaign officially wraps up on March 20th. Let's finish strong!

Join the team and help us defend our title:

https://www.givecampus.com/s/r5jvs1

03/06/2026

We hope to see you all at Rover Reveal tomorrow at 2:00 PM or via Livestream on our Facebook or YouTube! Doors will open for in person guests at the Innovation Lab starting at 1:30 PM.

Happy Thanksgiving! From the Rover family to yours, we hope you have a restful break and get a chance to step back and e...
11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! From the Rover family to yours, we hope you have a restful break and get a chance to step back and enjoy time with the people who matter most. This time of year is always a reminder of how thankful we are of the community that surrounds the team. None of this would be possible without your support!

The Team recently took advantage of the break from classes to gather for the annual RoveSoGiving. Providing everyone an opportunity to socialize and share an early thanksgiving together.

Manufacturing has begun! There have been tons of passionate members hard at work in the machine shop making amazing progress on systems.

Design season is officially over! After some solid testing sessions with our 2025 World Champion rover, Talos, and wrapp...
11/17/2025

Design season is officially over! After some solid testing sessions with our 2025 World Champion rover, Talos, and wrapping up a few final design reviews, we’re shifting straight into manufacturing. Can’t wait to see this next rover start coming to life! Big things ahead!

Eli Swanson is our Technical Marketing Lead. She is a sophomore from St. Louis, MO majoring in Aerospace Engineering. As...
08/20/2025

Eli Swanson is our Technical Marketing Lead. She is a sophomore from St. Louis, MO majoring in Aerospace Engineering. As Technical Marketing Lead, she oversees public relations and develops new PR materials. Her favorite rover memory is "late nights working on the rover and the waffle house trips afterwards." She looks forward to seeing what we can accomplish as a team this year, and she is excited to watch everyone grow as engineers and scientists.

Dominic Salvo will be joining us second semester as our Mechanical R&D Lead. He is a junior from St. Louis, MO majoring ...
08/19/2025

Dominic Salvo will be joining us second semester as our Mechanical R&D Lead. He is a junior from St. Louis, MO majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. As Mechanical R&D Lead, he oversees the development of new mechanical concepts and procedures. His favorite rover memory is "when we were at a testing session and something wasn’t going perfect the whole team was ready to step up and help." He looks forward to seeing the whole team come together to solve our collective challenge of building a rover.

Ethan Chapie will be joining us second semester as our Tooling Lead. He is a junior from St. Louis, MO majoring in Mecha...
08/19/2025

Ethan Chapie will be joining us second semester as our Tooling Lead. He is a junior from St. Louis, MO majoring in Mechanical Engineering. As Tooling Lead, he builds supporting structure for all other sub teams and ensures manufacturability of rover systems. His favorite rover memory is "the late night composites adventures my freshman year. It always lasted past 1 am, and it's always funny looking back on it." He looks forward to furthering his understanding of the CNC mill process and experimenting with new ways of machining when he returns from his co-op.

Cooper Ritzma is our Drone Architect. He is a senior from Concordia, MO majoring in Electrical Engineering. As Drone Arc...
08/18/2025

Cooper Ritzma is our Drone Architect. He is a senior from Concordia, MO majoring in Electrical Engineering. As Drone Architect, he oversees the mechanical, electrical, and software integration of a custom drone to aid the rover during competition. His favorite rover memory is "working with Adam Klassen all night at the 2024 URC to fix our USB microscope before the science task the next morning. The pressure was on, and we ended up solving it around 4am." He looks forward to working with the team again and pushing the boundaries of what the rover can accomplish, while continuing to grow with the close knit family this team has become.

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