Tag: Perseverance rover
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NASA takes high-school student’s suggestion and gives Mars Helicopter a new name: Ingenuity
Picking up on a suggestion from an Alabama high-school junior, NASA has given an ingenious name to the first helicopter due to take flight on Mars. The new name, Ingenuity, was submitted by Vaneeza Rupani of Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Ala., for NASA’s “Name the Rover” essay contest. NASA went with a different…
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Perseverance! NASA reveals the name of its next Mars rover, suggested by a seventh-grader
An artist’s conception shows NASA’s next rover at work on the Martian surface. (NASA Illustration) NASA’s next Mars rover was named Perseverance today, following up on a suggestion made by a seventh-grader in Virginia. More than 28,000 entries were submitted in NASA’s “Name the Rover” contest, and internet users racked up 770,000 online votes for their…