NASA Wants Your Help Naming Its Mars 2020 Rover

School-age children from across the nation submitted essays proposing names for the upcoming rover mission.

By Hailey Rose McLaughlin
Jan 21, 2020 9:20 PMJan 21, 2020 10:10 PM
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(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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Launching this summer, the Mars 2020 rover will traverse the Red Planet looking for evidence of past life there and learning more about the environment of our neighboring planet.

Equipped with over 20 cameras, a powerful drill, and even a small helicopter, the mission will help lay the groundwork for the possibility of human life on Mars in the future.

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