Octavia E. Butler Landing

The Mars Perseverance rover landed at the Octavia E. Butler Landing site in Jezero Crater.

Octavia E. Butler Landing is the February 18, 2021, landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover within Jezero crater on planet Mars. On March 5, 2021, NASA named the site for the American science fiction author, Octavia E. Butler, who died on February 24, 2006. The Mars landing took place nearly 15 years to the day after her death.[1][2] The coordinates of the landing site on Mars are 18°26′N 77°27′E / 18.44°N 77.45°E / 18.44; 77.45[3]

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  2. ^ "Welcome to "Octavia E. Butler Landing"". NASA. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Mars Lander Missions". NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Retrieved October 26, 2021.