(CNN) Bound to make history as the first aircraft to attempt powered flight on another planet, NASA's new Mars helicopter now has a name that lives up to the daunting task: Ingenuity.

And it's all thanks to 17-year-od Vaneeza Rupani.

Out of 28,000 entries, NASA chose Vaneeza Rupani's submission of "Ingenuity" to name its Mars helicopter.

Rupani, a high school junior from Northport, Alabama, earned the honor of naming the helicopter after she submitted her essay into NASA's "Name the Rover" contest. While NASA announced in March that its next rover would be named Perseverance based on seventh-grader Alexander Mather's essay, the agency decided to also choose a name for the helicopter that will accompany the rover to Mars.

Our Mars helicopter has a new name! Meet: Ingenuity.



Student Vaneeza Rupani came up with the name during our "name the rover" contest. Ingenuity will ride to the Red Planet with @NASAPersevere to attempt the first powered flight on another world: https://t.co/4bGj3morKP pic.twitter.com/2ZyIm4sQRQ — NASA (@NASA) April 29, 2020

Rupani's entry was among 28,000 essays submitted by K-12 students from every US state and territory, according to NASA, which made the announcement Wednesday.

"The ingenuity and brilliance of people working hard to overcome the challenges of interplanetary travel are what allow us all to experience the wonders of space exploration," Rupani wrote in her essay, according to a news release by NASA. "Ingenuity is what allows people to accomplish amazing things, and it allows us to expand our horizons to the edges of the universe," it said.

The flight model of NASA's Mars Helicopter named Ingenuity by Vaneeza Rupani.

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