[LISTEN] Nasa releases high definition audio from Mars landing
10 days ago
Photo by Christian Lischka SJ on Unsplash
According to AFP, "What you hear there 10 seconds in is an actual wind gust on the surface of Mars picked up by the microphone and sent back to us here on Earth," said Dave Gruel, lead engineer for the camera and microphone system on Perseverance.
[WATCH] NASA's Perseverance rover makes historic landing on Mars
Watch an epic journey unfold on Thursday, February 18 2021 as NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars.
To reach the surface of the Red Planet, the rover has to survive the harrowing final phase known as Entry, Descent, and Landing.
Only then can the rover – the biggest, heaviest, cleanest, and most sophisticated six-wheeled robot ever launched into space – search Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth.
