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What is the official name of NASA’sMars 2020 rover?
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Perseverance
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The next NASA rover headed to Mars, up to now blandly referred to as Mars 2020, has been named Perseverance. That was the winning moniker selected in NASA’s “Name the Rover” essay contest, which began last summer.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ExoMars rover that will search for the building blocks of life on the Red Planet has a name: Rosalind Franklin.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mission will seek signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past, and will also search for evidence – or biosignatures – of past microbial life, and water. The mission was launched 30 July 2020 on an Atlas V-541, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory managed the mission.
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