Washington: The US space agency NASA released the first audio from Mars, a faint crackling recording of wind captured by the Perseverance rover.
NASA also released the first video of the landing of the rover on the Red Planet.
A microphone did not work during the rover’s descent to the surface, but it was able to capture audio once it landed on Mars.
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Now that you’ve seen Mars, hear it. Grab some headphones and listen to the first sounds captured by one of my microphones. ?https://t.co/JswvAWC2IP#CountdownToMars
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 22, 2021
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More sounds of Mars: https://t.co/wRrDvkUxeC
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 22, 2021
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NASA engineers played a 60-second recording.
The high-definition video clip, lasting three minutes and 25 seconds, shows the deployment of a red-and-white parachute with a 70.5-foot-wide (21.5-meter-wide) canopy.
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Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it.#CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/Avv13dSVmQ
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 22, 2021
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