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There’s still time to send your name to Mars aboard a NASA rover expected to hunt for signs of past life on the Red Planet.

What’s happening: NASA is planning to send a computer chip stenciled with millions of names to Mars aboard the agency’s 2020 rover.

The deadline to submit your name for the chip is Sept. 30.

So far, about 9.6 million names have been submitted.

Background: This isn’t the first time NASA has sent names to Mars aboard one of its spacecraft. The agency sent about 2 million names to Mars with its InSight lander, when it touched down in 2018.

Go deeper: Add your name to the 2020 rover’s chip.

NASA will send your name to Mars aboard its next rover

The agency sent about 2 million names to Mars in 2018.

Tracks left by the Curiosity rover on Mars. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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There’s still time to send your name to Mars aboard a NASA rover expected to hunt for signs of past life on the Red Planet.What’s happening: NASA is planning to send a computer chip stenciled with millions of names to Mars aboard the agency’s 2020 rover.

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