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 NASA, The LEGO Company and The Planetary Society would like to thank all the students who submitted suggested rover names for the NASA Name the Rovers contest. Congratulations to all of our winners! Grand Prize Winner: Sofi Collis - Scottsdale, AZ  Third-grader Sofi Collis and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe unveil the MER rovers' names. (Photo courtesy NASA) Winning rover names: Spirit and Opportunity Winning essay: I used to live in an Orphanage. It was dark and cold and lonely. At night, I looked up at the sparkly sky and felt better. I dreamed I could fly there. In America, I can make all my dreams come true….. Thank-you for the "Spirit" and the "Opportunity" Grand Prize: A 4-day/3-night trip for winner and three family members to attend the launching of a Mars Rover in 2003 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Trip includes round trip coach air transportation from gateway airport nearest winner's home, hotel accommodations (2 rooms, double occupancy), $200 of LEGO retail product, a free one-year membership to The Planetary Society and a Planetary Society poster, Six RoboLab products for the winner's school provided by the LEGO Educational Division. First Prize Winners: Matthew Franz – Oregon Michael Kirka – Michigan Tommy Tokmenko – Florida First Prizes: An assortment of LEGO Company products ($200 retail value). Winners will receive their prizes via UPS Ground within 6-8 weeks of prize notification. Now that Spirit and Opportunity have launched on their mission towards Mars, you can check on the ongoing status of these Rovers by visiting the Official NASA Mars Exploration Rovers website. Second Prize Winners Heather Ahrens - Virginia Zachary Allen - Virginia Lydia Broussard - Maryland Andrea Bruna - Kansas Ethan Burke - Oregon James Cardinal - North Dakota Brendan Dwyer - New York Emily Eaten - Massachusetts Kiki El-Hout - Florida Peter Grazia - California Cole Hart - Georgia Kevin Hou - California Kelsey Kramer - Pennsylvania Damian Liepell - Virginia David Matteson - Flordia Sebastian Z. Mitchell - Oregon Olivia A. Ordonez - Florida Ian Page - Washington Brent Powers - Texas Vani Ramaraj - New Jersey Nicholas Salerno - New Jersey Aiza Navarro - California Sophie Schwartz - Ohio Rachel Shepherd - Massachusetts Maci Sickels - Iowa Nathan H. Sobotka - Florida Madison Taylor - North Carolina Drew Troger - Michigan Ann K. White - California Timothy Wong - California Second Prizes: A special LEGO product ($50 retail value). Winners will receive their prizes via UPS Ground within 6-8 weeks of prize notification. For information on additional contests related to Mars Exploration, please visit The Planetary Society's contest page. Visit the "Background" page for additional information about Mars and the Mars Exploration Rover mission. |
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