who is the mars rover sojourner named after
Sojourner (rover) The word Sojourner first appeared in print in the first Bible printed by Gutenberg in 1454-1455.[clarification needed] It specifically deals with the travels of Abraham. It is found in the first chapter of Genesis. It means "traveler", and was selected in an essay contest won by Vallery Ambroise, a 12-year-old from U.S. state of Connecticut. It is named for abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth. The second-place prize went to Deepti Rohatgi, 18, of Rockville, MD, who proposed Marie Curie, a Nobel Prize-winning Polish chemist. Third place went to Adam Sheedy, 16, of Round Rock, TX, who chose Judith Resnik, a United States' astronaut and shuttle crew-member.[6] The rover was also known as Microrover Flight Experiment abbreviated MFEX.[7]