Mars 2020 exploration vehicle named ‘Perseverance’

American National Aviation and Space Agency (NASA), Red Planet Anthemthe name of the spacecraft it will send to “Perseverance“He explained that it was determined as (Persistence).

NASA’s website announced that the 11-year-old Alexander Mather from Virginia, who proposed the name “Perseverance”, was the winner of the contest held between various states in the USA to determine the name of the Mars 2020 scout.

The statement said Mather will be invited to watch the launch of the spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral Space Base in Florida in July.

Other names suggested for the Mars 2020 spacecraft are Promise, Endurance, Clarity, Courage, Fortitude, Vision, Tenacity, and Ingenuity. .

Perseverance, whose launch date is set for July 17, 2020, is scheduled to land on the Jezero crater on Mars on March 18, 2021. NASA’s Mars 2020 mission aims to study the planet from an astrobiological perspective and explore its geological processes.