NASA’s next Mars rover ‘a life-hunting, sample-caching robot’ scheduled to launch this summer is officially called Perseverance, agency officials announced today (March 5).
The new name suits the car-size rover and its groundbreaking mission nicely, NASA officials said.
“There has never been exploration — never, never been making history — without perseverance,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said during a name-unveiling ceremony today.
“Perseverance is a strong word,” he added. “It’s about making progress despite obstacles.”
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