Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over!

NASA has chosen nine finalists in the student naming contest for its next Mars rover, which currently goes by the bland Mars 2020 (a reference to its …

Members of the public have an opportunity to vote for their favorite name for NASA's next Mars rover.

In this Dec. 17, 2019 photo made available by NASA, engineers watch the first driving test for the Mars 2020 rover in a clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. 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 Mars 2020 Rover Has a Name! SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM. Scheduled to launch in July or August 2020, the rover will land in Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. The partner will work with NASA to conduct the contest … Over 28,000 names were submitted by elementary, middle school, … The next rover to Mars now has its own identity. The nine candidate names were made possible by the "Name the Rover" essay contest, which invited students in kindergarten through 12th 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.

This illustration depicts NASA's next Mars rover, which launches in 2020. NASA has released a list of nine finalists for their Mars 2020 rover naming contest. This illustration depicts NASA’s next Mars rover, which launches in July 2020. 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. Nine Finalists Chosen in NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest. NASA's Mars 2020 rover is waiting to be named and you have the chance to help. This illustration depicts NASA’s next Mars rover, which launches in July 2020. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is offering people a chance to send their names up to Mars, as they will be launching a rover to the planet some time between July and August 2020 which will land some time in February 2021. 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. Mars 2020 – NASA marsaeigis, planuojamas paleisti 2020 m. liepos 17 arba rugpjūčio 5 d. ir nusileisti Marse 2021 m. vasario 18 d.. Marsaeigis tirs planetos astrobiologinę ir geologinę aplinką bei istoriją. Your browser does not support the video tag. 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.