PIA23761: NASA Rover Naming Contest Winner Alexander Mather
Seventh-grader Alexander Mather submitted the winning entry in the agency's Name the Rover essay contest, making the case to name the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance.
 Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover 
 Spacecraft:  Mars 2020 Rover
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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.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/.

Image Credit:
Joseph Rebello

Image Addition Date:
2020-03-05