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Perseverance and ingenuity were the values chosen for the names of two critical exploration tools of the current Mars mission: a rover and a rotorcraft, respectively.聽

Respect and equality have surfaced around this mission too, in ways that feel like inspiring extensions of the 鈥淗idden Figures鈥� saga that uncloaked the important early roles of women in supporting space exploration.

On Friday, NASA informally named the Perseverance landing site , the first Black woman to win the Hugo and Nebula awards and the first science fiction writer to win a MacArthur Fellowship.聽聽

鈥淸Her] pioneering work explores themes of race, gender equality in humanity, centering on the experiences of Black women at a time when such voices were largely absent from science fiction,鈥� said Katie Stack Morgan, a deputy project scientist at NASA鈥檚 Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. At a press conference, she called Ms. Butler 鈥渁 perfect fit for the Perseverance rover mission and its theme of overcoming challenges.鈥�

When Perseverance touched down last month, the feat was described in real-time by JPL aerospace engineer Diana Trujillo, a member of the team that created the robotic arm that will gather rock samples. The was a NASA first for a planetary landing.

Ms. Trujillo came to the United States as a teenager with $300 to her name. She worked as a housekeeper and studied. She made it to NASA in 2007, another tenacious pioneer.

鈥淭丑别 abuelas, the moms or dads, the uncles ... everyone has to see this,鈥� , 鈥淸so] that they can turn around to the younger generation and say, 鈥楽he can do it, you can do it.鈥欌��