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Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3 billion all-cash deal
Read full article: Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3 billion all-cash dealPrivate equity giant Blackstone will acquire the pet care app Rover in an all-cash deal valued at $2.3 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.
NASA's new Mars rover hits dusty red road, 1st trip 21 feet
Read full article: NASA's new Mars rover hits dusty red road, 1st trip 21 feetThis photo made available by NASA was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive. The Perseverance rover ventured from its landing position Thursday, two weeks after setting down on the red planet to seek signs of past life. AdPerseverance — NASA's biggest and most elaborate rover yet — became the ninth U.S. spacecraft to successfully land on Mars on Feb. 18. China hopes to land its smaller rover — currently orbiting the red planet — in another few months.
Vote for the name of the next Mars rover
Read full article: Vote for the name of the next Mars roverNASA is asking for the public’s input on what the Mars 2020 rover should be named before it launches from the Space Coast later this year. Here are the names you can vote on:PromiseVisionEndurancePerseveranceClarityCourageTenacityIngenuityFortitudeMore than 189,000 people have already participated in the poll by Wednesday. The rover is set to launch from Cape Canaveral this summer/"Now that's a Mars rover," Mars 2020 Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations Manager David Gruel said. Mars 2020, equipped with a suite of science instruments, will be searching for signs of life on Mars in the Jezero Crater. The rover will land on Mars Feb. 18, 2021.