{"id":137847,"date":"2020-03-05T14:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T19:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=137847"},"modified":"2020-03-05T14:10:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T19:10:51","slug":"nasa-reveals-name-of-its-mars-2020-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nasa-reveals-name-of-its-mars-2020-rover\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Reveals Name of Its Mars 2020 Rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Middle-School Student Names NASA\u2019s Next Mars Rover\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NA64dzkk20Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s next Mars rover has a new name \u2013 Perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>The name was announced Thursday by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate, during a celebration at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. Zurbuchen was at the school to congratulate seventh grader Alexander Mather, who submitted the winning entry to the agency\u2019s &#8220;Name the Rover&#8221; essay contest, which received 28,000 entries from K-12 students from every U.S. state and territory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alex\u2019s entry captured the spirit of exploration,\u201d said Zurbuchen. \u201cLike every exploration mission before, our rover is going to face challenges, and it\u2019s going to make amazing discoveries. It\u2019s already surmounted many obstacles to get us to the point where we are today \u2013 processing for launch. Alex and his classmates are the Artemis Generation, and they\u2019re going to be taking the next steps into space that lead to Mars. That inspiring work will always require perseverance. We can\u2019t wait to see that nameplate on Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perseverance is the latest in a long line of Red Planet rovers to be named by school-age children, from Sojourner in 1997 to the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. In each case, the name was selected following a nationwide contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA&#8217;s next Mars rover has a new name \u2013 Perseverance. The name was announced Thursday by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate, during a celebration at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. 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