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Mars 2020 Rover Name Announcement
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Mars 2020 Rover Name Announcement

NASA / HQ · 2020-03-05 · photograph (digital archive)

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Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, announces the official name, Perseverance, for the rover formerly known as Mars 2020, Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va. Zurbuchen made the final selection of the new name following a nationwide naming contest conducted in 2019 that drew more than 28,000 essays by K-12 students from every U.S. state and territory.

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BurkeLake Braddock Secondary SchoolMars 2020 RoverPerseveranceThomas ZurbuchenUSAVirginia
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