NASA has revealed the top nine entries in its Mars 2020 rover name contest and you can vote for your favorite.
More than 28,000 essays were submitted after the contest began on Aug. 28 last year. Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program that includes the Perseverance rover with a planned launch on 17 July 2020 at 13:10 UTC, and touch down in Jezero crater on Mars on 18 February 2021. Now you can help by voting for your favorite.
Posted Jan 14, 2020 . A contest to name NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover. Nine finalists have been chosen in the essay contest for K-12 students across U.S. to name NASA's next Mars rover. The student contest is part of NASA's efforts to engage the public in its missions to the Moon and Mars.
There are nine names left in the contest to name NASA's 2020 Mars Rover and, according to CNN, you have just five days to vote for your top choice.
The Mars 2020 "Name the Rover" Challenge is presented by challenge partners: NASA, Future Engineers, and Battelle Education. Now you can help by voting for your favorite. The partner will work with NASA to … Nine Finalists Chosen in NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest | NASA NASA's student contest to name the Mars 2020 rover is still under way through Nov. 1.
The Mars 2020 Rover Has a Name!
The contest will allow U.S. students in grades K-12 to propose a name for NASA's next Mars rover (currently being built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California) and write an essay about their choice. NASA's student contest to name the Mars 2020 rover is still under way through Nov. 1. More than 28,000 essays were submitted after the contest began on Aug. 28 last year. NASA Contest to Name Mars Rover Narrows to 155 Student Entries. Additional prizes arranged by Future Engineers through Amazon Web Services. Nine finalists have been chosen in the essay contest for K-12 students across U.S. to name NASA's next Mars rover. If you want your name to hitch a ride to Mars with NASA's next rover in 2020, you better act fast. NASA's Mars 2020 rover takes first drive. If you want your name to hitch a ride to Mars with NASA's next rover in 2020, you better act fast. NASA's Mars 2020 rover is set to launch next summer and land in Jezero Crater on the red planet in February 2021. The agency plans to run a naming competition for the vehicle, which is currently known as the Mars 2020 rover, during the 2019 school year, NASA officials announced today (Sept. 24).
The nine candidate names were made possible by the "Name the Rover" essay contest, which invited students in kindergarten through 12 th grade from across the United States to come up with a fitting name for NASA's Mars 2020 rover and write a short essay about it.
NASA has selected two partner organizations to run a nationwide contest giving K-12 students in U.S. schools a chance to make history by naming the Mars 2020 rover. The nine candidate names were made possible by the "Name the Rover" essay contest, which invited students in kindergarten through 12 th grade from across the United States to come up with a fitting name for NASA's Mars 2020 rover and write a short essay about it. March 5, 2020 RELEASE 20-021 Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA's Next Mars Rover NASA’s next Mars rover has a new name. Nine Finalists Chosen in NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest | NASA Alexander Mather, a 13-year-old student from Virginia submitted the winning name and explains why he chose the name of NASA’s next robotic scientist to visit the Red Planet. … NASA's "Name the Rover" essay contest is officially complete, and — drumroll, please — the rover's new name is: … The next rover to Mars now has its own identity.