Mars 2020 Rover Name Announcement Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, left, answers a question from Alex Mather, the student whose submission, Perseverance, was chosen as the official name of the Mars 2020 rover, second from right, Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va. The final selection of the new name was made by Zurbuchen, following a nationwide naming contest conducted in 2019 that drew more than 28,000 essays by K-12 students from every state and territory. Perseverance is currently at NASA's Kennedy Sp
Mars 2020 Rover Name Announcement Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, left, answers a question from Alex Mather, the student whose submission, Perseverance, was chosen as the official name of the Mars 2020 rover, second from right, Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va. The final selection of the new name was made by Zurbuchen, following a nationwide naming contest conducted in 2019 that drew more than 28,000 essays by K-12 students from every state and territory. Perseverance is currently at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida being prepared for launch this summer.
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