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NASA honors Algerian park with Mars namesake

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA’s map of Mars now bears the names of three of Algeria’s iconic national parks, Algerian physicist Noureddine Merikechi, a member of the US space agency’s largest Mars exploration mission, told AFP. spoke. Tassili-Najjer National Park, Gouffi National Park and Giurjula National Park all found Mars’ namesake after Merikeki’s suggestion, which he called for both as…