The NASA chopper set to be first aircraft to fly on Mars now has a name -- thanks to a 17-year-old girl

(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.

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