NASA's Perseverance rover is set to touch down on Mars this week, and we had the opportunity to talk to one of the people who had a hand in bringing this mission to fruition. Adam Steltzner is the ...

Astronaut Adam Steltzner, NASA JPL, outlined six principles that organizations of all sectors need to embrace in order to navigate significant changes to their environment. His insights can be seen as ...

Now the latest from Mars, thanks to NASA's incredibly sophisticated geologist: a one-ton Rover named Curiosity that landed on Mars more than four years ago. Its biggest discovery so far is this: more ...

YAKIMA, Wash. - Adam Steltzner spent eight years of his life on the Mars rover Curiosity project, working as lead engineer on a team tasked with designing an entirely new way to land a rover on the ...

Scientist Adam Steltzner worries about whether the Mars rover landing equipment he helped design will work. But in his garden, where he approaches... Most mornings, space engineer Adam Steltzner wakes ...

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer Adam Steltzner was the head of the team in charge of the entry, descent and landing of the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in August, 2012. The project ...

Adam Steltzner never imagined he would be the chief engineer of NASA's mission to Mars. He was a mediocre student in high school and he disliked physics. He wanted to pursue music and theater. But one ...

Adam Steltzner, a JPL engineer who helped pioneer the breakthrough technique for landing a one-ton rover on Mars, is being honored with admission into the National Academy of Engineering. Steltzner is ...