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Explorador que irá a Marte se llama Perseverance

Vehículo de seis ruedas viajará a mediados de años para recolectar muestras con las que regresará a la Tierra

(FILES) This handout file illustration obtained on March 5, 2020 courtesy of NASA shows the Mars rover Perseverence. - NASA on March 5, 2020 announced the name of its next Mars rover: Perseverance.
It will be the fifth exploratory vehicle on the Red Planet following in the tire tracks of the similarly augustly titled Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity.
The name was announced at an event at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, to congratulate the seventh grade student who picked it, Alex Mather.
"Alex's entry captured the spirit of exploration," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate. 
"Like every exploration mission before, our rover is going to face challenges, and it's going to make amazing discoveries."
Like its forebears, Perserverance was named by school-age children in nationwide contests -- starting from Sojourner in 1997 to the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
(FILES) This handout file illustration obtained on March 5, 2020 courtesy of NASA shows the Mars rover Perseverence. - NASA on March 5, 2020 announced the name of its next Mars rover: Perseverance. It will be the fifth exploratory vehicle on the Red Planet following in the tire tracks of the similarly augustly titled Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity. The name was announced at an event at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, to congratulate the seventh grade student who picked it, Alex Mather. "Alex's entry captured the spirit of exploration," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate. "Like every exploration mission before, our rover is going to face challenges, and it's going to make amazing discoveries." Like its forebears, Perserverance was named by school-age children in nationwide contests -- starting from Sojourner in 1997 to the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HANDOUT
La NASA mostró una imagen de lo que sería el Perseverancia. Un niño lo bautizó con ese nombre. AFP (HANDOUT/AFP)

CABO CAÑAVERAL, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — El próximo explorador de la NASA, un vehículo robótico de seis ruedas que despegará a mediados de año para recolectar muestras de Marte y luego regresará a la Tierra, finalmente tiene un nombre: Perseverance (Perseverancia).

El nombre fue sugerido por Alex Mather, un niño de séptimo grado de Virginia, como parte de un concurso para los estudiantes de Estados Unidos. La agencia espacial estadounidense lo anunció el jueves en la escuela de Mather ubicada en Burke, Virginia, y él pudo leer su ensayo ganador en una transmisión en vivo de la televisora de la NASA.

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