NASA using Navajo language to name Mars land features Brian P. D. Hannon For Dailymail.Com and Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo
The team operating NASA s Perseverance rover has started cataloging geological formations on the surface of Mars with names from the Navajo language.
The names are a nod to the project s large contingent from universities and national labs in New Mexico and Arizona, states that include traditional Navajo land, Forbes reported.
Perseverance, nicknamed Perky, landed on Mars February 18 following a 239-million mile journey.
The rover s first scientific focus is a rock named Máaz – the Navajo word for Mars.
Mapping Máaz: NASA Uses Navajo Language To Name Features on Mars
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