{"id":65855,"date":"2025-02-18T16:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=65855"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:27:15","slug":"suparco-announces-name-contest-for-pakistans-first-lunar-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/suparco-announces-name-contest-for-pakistans-first-lunar-rover\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPARCO announces name contest for Pakistan&#8217;s first lunar rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has announced the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/pakistans-indigenous-prsc-eo-1-satellite-launched-into-space\/\">Pakistan\u2019s first-ever lunar rover<\/a> in 2028 as part of China\u2019s Chang\u2019E 8 mission.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate this historic achievement in space exploration, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/suparco-explains-solar-storms-effect-on-pakistan-heres-all-you-need-to-know\/\">Suparco<\/a> has announced a nationwide contest to propose a name for the lunar rover, the winner of which will receive a cash prize of Rs 100,000 and national recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Under the theme &#8220;Name Pakistan\u2019s Lunar Rover,&#8221; the contest encourages students, space enthusiasts, and the general public across Pakistan to participate in the country\u2019s space journey.<\/p>\n<p>According to the commission, participants can submit a unique and meaningful name along with a brief explanation of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>The lunar rover will be deployed at the lunar south pole, which will be equipped with advanced scientific payloads designed by Pakistani scientists and a collaborative scientific payload developed by Chinese and European researchers.<\/p>\n<p>A Lunar Rover plays a crucial role in exploring the Moon\u2019s surface, navigating harsh terrain, conducting scientific experiments, and transmitting critical data back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>By studying the Moon, scientists can gain insights into Earth\u2019s history, planetary evolution, and the potential for sustaining life beyond our planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has announced the launch of Pakistan\u2019s first-ever lunar rover in 2028 as part of China\u2019s Chang\u2019E 8 mission. To celebrate this historic achievement in space exploration, Suparco has announced a nationwide contest to propose a name for the lunar rover, the winner of which will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":65857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[26617,16199],"class_list":["post-65855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-technology","tag-pakistans-lunar-rover","tag-suparco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65858,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65855\/revisions\/65858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}