Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team

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

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.

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 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 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.