mars naming

Working with the Navajo Nation, the rover team has named features on Mars with words from the Navajo language. The first scientific focus of NASA’s Perseverance rover is a rock named “Máaz” – the Navajo word for “Mars.” The rover’s team, in collaboration with the Navajo Nation Office of the...

Working with the Navajo Nation, the rover team has named features on Mars with words from the Navajo language. The first scientific focus of NASA’s Perseverance rover is a rock named “Máaz” – the Navajo word for “Mars.” The rover’s team, in collaboration with the Navajo Nation Office of the...