NASA's Mars 2020 rover officially named 'Preseverance'
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NASA on Thursday declared the name of its next Mars rover: Perseverance. It will be the fifth exploratory vehicle on the Red Planet after the tire tracks of the similarly augustly titled Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity. The name was declared at an event at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, to congratulate Alex Mather, the seventh grade student who chose it.