Mars rover 2020 name: Meet ‘Perseverance,’ NASA’s newest Red Planet robot
CNNCNN — Meet Perseverance. The new name has been assigned to NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, launching this July and scheduled to landon the red planet in February 2021. We can’t wait to see that nameplate on Mars.” Students have helped name Mars rovers since Sojourner in 1997, followed by Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity. Refusal of the challenge was not an option.” Students across the US, ranging from kindergarten to high school, submitted more than 28,000 potential names for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. Here are the runners-up: Endurance Tenacity Promise, Vision Clarity Ingenuity Fortitude Courage Each contestant presented their name to a panel that included Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division Lori Glaze; NASA rover driver Nick Wiltsie; NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins; and Clara Ma, who named the Curiosity rover when she was a sixth-grade student in 2009.
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