Navajo Nation shares language with NASA to help name items on Mars after 'Perseverance' rover landing AP This photo provided by NASA shows the first color image sent by the Perseverance Mars rover after its landing on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) and last updated 2021-03-12 22:16:32-05 MARS, OUTER SPACE â NASA has teamed up with the Navajo Nation to bring the Navajo language to the red planet. In a partnership with the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President, NASA has begun to name "features of scientific interest with words in the Navajo language." "The first scientific focus of NASAâs Perseverance rover is a rock named 'Máaz' â the Navajo word for 'Mars,'" NASA said in a press release.