Your kid could name the next Mars rover!
Written by Ballzer on June 26, 2019
NASA has announced a nationwide contest to help select the name for its next Mars rover, planned to launch in July 2020. The contest, expected to begin in the fall of 2019, will give K-12 students in the U.S. the “chance to make history” by naming the rover, NASA said. It’s aimed at students in order to engage more young people across the country in the scientific work that goes into NASA’s various exploratory missions. But K-12 students aren’t the only ones who can be a part of the contest in some way – NASA has also opened registration for people to judge the contest. Find more info from NASA HERE.
We’re glad it’s children picking the name since it was adults that came up with Boaty McBoatface! Speaking of Boaty, it just made a new discovery about Warming In Antarctic Waters!
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