NASA REVEALS NEW NAME FOR MARS 2020 ROVER, Mar 5, 2020, virtual, 1:30 and 3:30 pm ET

NASA will reveal the name it has chosen for the Mars 2020 rover scheduled to launch to Mars this summer on March 5, 2020.  NASA held a contest where students could submit names.

At 1:30 pm ET, NASA will announce the name at an event that will air live on NASA TV.

At 3:30 pm ET, NASA will hold a media teleconference that will air on NASA TV as well as NASA Live and NASA’s social media outlets:  Facebook, Ustream, YouTube, Twitter.

Participants include:

• Thomas Zurbuchen
• Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters
• Deanne Bell, founder and CEO of Future Engineers in Burbank, California
• The student who submitted the winning name and essay