NASA is going to name next Mars rover in 2019

The Mars 2020 rover mission addresses high-priority science goals for Mars, including key questions about the potential for life on the Red Planet.

 NASA is looking out for a partner to conduct a contest among student to name the agency's next rover to the Red Planet the Mars 2020 mission in the 2019 academic year.

The Mars 2020 rover mission addresses high-priority science goal for Mars, including a key question about the potential for life on the Red Planet.

Corporation,  nonprofits and educational organizations interested in sponsoring the contest can send proposals to NASA.

We've been doing naming contests since the very first Mars rover back 1997, said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, in Washington.

"Thousands of kids participate, and  their enthusiasm for the contest and Mars is an infection," Zurbuchen said

                                       VIDEO: NASA Builds its Next Mars Rover Mission.
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The selected partner will have an opportunity to part of a historic mission, NASA said.

Mars 2020 is targeted for launch in July or August 2020 form the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.