NASA Names Perseverance Landing Spot After Octavia E. Butler Twitter 0 comments The Perseverance Rover could help make one of mankind’s most ambitious hopes become a reality. Someday, maybe soon, we might step foot on Mars. And when we do we can visit the historic site where Perseverance touched down. It will not just serve as a marker for the rover though. This historic place will also be a tribute to an author who helped us dream of a future made better by science. NASA has named the Perseverance landing location after the late science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.