In The News: College of Sciences
With the safe landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover Thursday afternoon on the surface of Mars, two scientists at UNLV will get to take part in the ultimate in distance learning, as members of the NASA team hoping to answer the question, is there, or has there been life on the red planet.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover spent seven months traveling 292 million miles to Mars.
NASA made history Thursday afternoon as the Perseverance rover landed on Mars, and two professors at UNLV played a part in it.
NASA made history Thursday afternoon as the Perseverance rover landed on Mars, and two professors at UNLV played a part in it.
Two UNLV scientists working on NASA’s new mission to Mars survived “seven minutes of terror” Thursday as they watched the Perseverance rover’s perilous but perfect landing on the red planet.
Two UNLV scientists working on NASA’s new mission to Mars survived “seven minutes of terror” Thursday as they watched the Perseverance rover’s perilous but perfect landing on the red planet.
Two UNLV scientists working on NASA's new mission to Mars survived the "seven minutes of terror" Thursday as they watched the dangerous but perfect landing of the Perseverance rover on the red planet.
Two UNLV scientists working on NASA's new mission to Mars survived the "seven minutes of terror" Thursday as they watched the dangerous but perfect landing of the Perseverance rover on the red planet.
Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following statement applauding news that the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) a grant totaling $2,000,000 to support research and development in nuclear science, engineering, and security.
UNLV is one of 11 universities that will receive a federal grant totaling $25 million to support research and development in nuclear science, engineering and security.
