Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
BYU's Mars Rover Team has been selected to compete with 36 other teams in the University Rover Challenge June 1-4 in the Utah desert. Earlier this year, Mars Rover team member Dallin Cordon shared how this challenging engineering competition teaches problem-solving, leadership and teamwork. It also prepares students for futuristic careers.
"The BYU Mars Rover isn't going to Mars but the people who are developing it might," said Cordon. In remarks to BYU's President's Leadership Council, Cordon said the rover challenge helps students to set lofty goals. He noted that many BYU engineering alumni are currently employed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "We've been taught that we can do hard things and it's worth it to do hard things."
This year's rover challenge will include finalists from 36 different institutions from around the world. The competition, sponsored by The Mars Society, is held in the Mars-like desert of Hanksville, Utah.
See youtu.be/GY1K3nU8-tg for more information about the University Rover Challenge.
See a detailed description of BYU's Mars Rover youtu.be/wFwOklmPucI
BYU's Mars Rover Team has been selected to compete with 36 other teams in the University Rover Challenge June 1-4 in the Utah desert. Earlier this year, Mars Rover team member Dallin Cordon shared how this challenging engineering competition teaches problem-solving, leadership and teamwork. It also prepares students for futuristic careers.
"The BYU Mars Rover isn't going to Mars but the people who are developing it might," said Cordon. In remarks to BYU's President's Leadership Council, Cordon said the rover challenge helps students to set lofty goals. He noted that many BYU engineering alumni are currently employed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "We've been taught that we can do hard things and it's worth it to do hard things."
This year's rover challenge will include finalists from 36 different institutions from around the world. The competition, sponsored by The Mars Society, is held in the Mars-like desert of Hanksville, Utah.
See youtu.be/GY1K3nU8-tg for more information about the University Rover Challenge.
See a detailed description of BYU's Mars Rover youtu.be/wFwOklmPucI
