AUDIO: Release of the first sounds recorded on Mars

At a press conference on Monday, NASA presented the first audio recordings made by Perseverance microphones.

NASA on Monday shared the first video showing when its Perseverance rover landed on the surface of Mars. In addition, he released the first two audio recordings made by the mission.

The agency said that “a microphone connected to the rover (…) survived the descent very dynamic on the surface and got sounds from Jezero crater on February 20. “

“Now that you’ve seen Mars listen to it. Take headphones and listen to the first sounds picked up by one of my microphones, ”the Perseverance mission posted on Twitter.

In the recording you hear “a martian breeze for a few seconds, just like the mechanical sounds of the rover operating on the surface. “

The second published audio file captured “interplanetary sounds Rover Perseverance “recorded on October 19, 2020 during a flight check of the aircraft’s camera and microphone system on its journey to the Red Planet.

NASA also released on Monday the first panoramic from the rover’s landing site, captured by two navigation cameras.

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