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NASA team uses Navajo language to name Mars land features seen in Perseverance rover images sent back from planet's surface Navajo Nation granted the team permission to use a list of words from its language to name formations Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer provided a list of words for the project 'Perseverance' was translated to 'Ha'ahóni' in Navajo language Rover's first scientific focus is a rock named 'Máaz' – the Navajo word for 'Mars'

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-milli...

"Since my first encounter with the novel nearly two decades ago, there have been few, if any, books and even fewer authors who have meant as much to me as  Kindred and Octavia Butler," said Jacobs-Jenkins in a statement. "It has been the highlight and honor of my career thus far to try and finally bring this timeless story to life — and especially at FX, whose catalogue of bold, thought-provoking, and cutting-edge television has been an endless source of inspiration and delight." Kindred tells the story of Dana, a young Black aspiring writer who finds herself being pulled back and forth ...

The rover snapped photos of its wheel tracks in the Martian dirt. Now NASA engineers and scientists are plotting Perseverance's route to an ancient river delta. NASA's Perseverance rover left its footprints on Mars on Thursday after going for its first drive. The jaunt proved the vehicle can make its way around the red planet. Since Perseverance landed in Mars' Jezero Crater on February 18, it has been calibrating its instruments and upgrading software. In this initial drive, Perseverance moved about 13 feet (4 meters) from its landing spot, made a 150-degree turn to the left, and backed up a...

NASA's Perseverance rover just went for its first drive on Mars, then spotted its own wheel tracks in the dirt mmcfalljohnsen@insider.com (Morgan McFall-Johnsen) © NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover captures its own wheel tracks during its first drive on Mars, on March 4, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Perseverance rover drove on Mars for the first time on Thursday. The rover snapped photos of its wheel tracks in the Martian dirt. Now NASA engineers and scientists are plotting Perseverance's route to an ancient river delta. NASA's Perseverance rover left its footpr...