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February 23, 2021 HUMANITY rejoiced at NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s) announcement that the Mars Perseverance Rover had a successful touchdown on the Red Planet. Perseverance is NASA’s most advanced rover and a car-sized robotic geologist and astrobiologist that is set to further propel advancements in the study of life outside of Planet Earth. Among the set of hands that helped drive the program to success is Fil-Am engineer Gregorio Villar III, who played a part in NASA’s Mars Exploration Program as the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Systems ...

After traveling seven months from Earth to Mars, another robotic visitor — the Perseverance — successfully landed on the red planet, and a Filipino-American engineer from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration played a key role.

Buyenlarge/Getty Images The Massachusetts Institute of Technology had its first African-American graduate, Robert R. Taylor, in 1892. It was only 25 years later, in 1917, that the university gave its first civil engineering diploma to an African-American. For quite a while throughout history, engineering was almost entirely the domain of white men. Although Caucasian males still dominate the profession in the U.S. (only 5 percent of engineers are African-American, only 13.4 percent are women of any race, according to one 2011 report), it's important to recognize the significant legacies t...

Share As aircraft become more electric, engines become more efficient and spacecraft seek to conquer new frontiers, the aerospace and defense industry needs fresh ideas from younger generations that grew up with a passion for sustainability and innovative technologies.  Through the annual 20 Twenties program, the Aviation Week Network and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recognize young, rising stars within the industry. Top students working to solve aerospace challenges are nominated by universities around the world, and a judging panel comprised of hiring manag...