NASA names new Mars rover 'Perseverance' five months before launch

National Aeronautics and ncy (NASA) on March 6 anunced name of its rover that is heed for Mars in July this year. NASA took to its official Twitter handle where it said that rover that will be a key component for its Mars 2020 mission has been named Perseverance. anuncement came months after NASA conducted a poll and asked people to vote for option y think will be best for naming Mars rover. NASA's list of options for names included Clarity, Vision, Promise, Tenacity, Ingenuity, Cour, Fortitude, and Endurance. 

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Perseverance rover

According to NASA's official website, " Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, is based on Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover configuration. It is car-sized, about 10 feet long (t including arm), 9 feet wide, and 7 feet tall (about 3 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, and 2.2 meters tall). But at 2,260 pounds (1,025 kilograms), it weighs less than a compact car. In some sense, rover parts are similar to what any living creature would need to keep it "alive" and able to explore."

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As per NASA, rover will carry seven instruments to conduct unprecedented experiments and test new techlogy on Red Planet. rover will be onboard of Mars 2020 mission flight ULA Atlas 541, which will be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. rover will spend at least two Earth years on Red Planet, which is about one year on Mars. According to NASA, Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on Mars in February 2021  at site of an ancient river delta in a lake that once filled Jezero Crater.

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