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