The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper The Spokesman-Review
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883
Current Temperature
57°F
Current Conditions
Overcast clouds
View complete weather report
Subscribe now

UK space officials seek nifty name for Mars rover

Personnel walk on the ‘Mars Yard Test Area’, a testing ground where robotic vehicles of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars program scheduled for 2018 on Thursday, March 27, 2014, in Stevenage, England. The U.K. Space Agency is looking for a catchy name for the ExoMars Rover being developed for use in a mission set for 2020. The agency launched a competition Friday, July 20, 2018 to find the best name for the rover, a key U.K. contribution to the European Space Agencys Mars voyage. (Lefteris Pitarakis / AP)
Associated Press

LONDON – The U.K. Space Agency is looking for a catchy name for the ExoMars Rover being developed for use in a mission set for 2020.

The agency launched a competition Friday to find the best name for the rover, a key U.K. contribution to the European Space Agency’s Mars voyage.

The winner won’t get a trip to Mars – that would take far too long.

However, the winner will win the chance to take three guests on a tour of the Airbus facility in Stevenage, around 30 miles north of London, where the rover is being built.

The rover is a six-wheeled robot that will search for evidence of past or even present life.

The contest is open to residents of countries belonging to the European Space Agency.