NASA seeks partner to nominate Next Mars Rover

NASA has a
assignment of class for businesses, non-profit organizations and educational organizations
involved in science and space exploration: partnership with the agency to inspire the future
engineers and scientists by sponsoring a competition to name the next rover to venture
to the red planet.

The contest will be
allow US students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 to propose a name for NASA's next rover
(currently under construction at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California)
and write an essay on their choice. The partner will work with NASA to
conduct the competition during the 2019 academic year.

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The announcement of the proposals can be found here.
All submissions must be received by October 9, 2018 to be considered. Questions by
enterprises, non-profit organizations and educational organizations interested in
participation must be sent by email to: [email protected].

"We have been
to do naming competitions since the very first rover of Mars in 1997, "said Thomas
Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator of Science
Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "Thousands of children participate and
their enthusiasm for the contest and Mars is contagious. "

The selection
partner will have the opportunity to participate in a historic mission, helping
NASA engages students from across the country by letting them participate in
next mission on Mars. As part of Mars Exploration NASA
Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet, Mars planet
The rover 2020 mission meets high priority scientific objectives for Mars, including
key questions about life potential on the red planet.

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The Mars 2020 project at JPL in Pasadena, California, manages the development of rover for
the leadership of the science mission at NASA headquarters in Washington. The NASA
Launch Services Program, based at the Kennedy Space Center of the Florida office,
is responsible for launch management.

For
More information on March 2020, go to:

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/