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NASA Rover Naming Contest Winner Alexander Mather
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Caption:
Seventh-grader Alexander Mather of Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, submitted the winning entry in the agency's " Name the Rover " essay contest, making the case to name the Mars 2020 rover "Perseverance." For the contest, NASA received 28,000 essays (150 words or less) from K-12 students from every U.S. state and territory.
Background Info:
For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ .
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mars | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Mars 2020 | |
| Instrument Host | Perseverance | |
| Host Type | Rover | |
| Instrument | ||
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | ||
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2020-03-05 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | Joseph Rebello | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23761 | |
| Identifier | PIA23761 | |
