- NASA just added over 10 million names to the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
- The names were collected as part of NASA’s “Send Your Name to Mars” campaign which asked the public to send in their names to be part of the mission.
- The names are etched into three small chips that are attached to the exterior of the rover.
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NASA is rapidly approaching the planned launch date of its Mars 2020 mission. It’s been a long time coming, and it’s one of the space agency’s most ambitious adventures to date. The shiny new Perseverance rover will play the starring role, exploring the planet and taking samples of the surface for study. As it’s done in the past, NASA offered the general public their own way to contribute by including their names on the rover itself.
The “Send Your Name to Mars” project asked science fans from all over the globe to submit their names. Those names were then etched into tiny chips that were just recently affixed to the rover. The three chips are seen in the image above, secured behind a transparent plate.
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NASA’s Perseverance rover now has 10.9 million names on it originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 20:10:14 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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