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NASA has released the first video of the rover landing on Mars
Washington:
Of the United States Space agency NASA (NASA) released the first audio from Mars on Monday. This audio from NASA Persistence Rover (Diligence rover), which recorded the sound of the wind. In addition, NASA has released the first video of the rovers landing on the red planet (Mars). The U.S. space agency says the microphone did not work when the rover landed on the surface of Mars. However, as the rover landed on Mars, the microphone began to capture audio.
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Dave Cruel, the lead engineer of the diligent camera and microphone system, says, “The sound you hear in the audio in 10 seconds is actually air gas, recorded by a microphone on the surface of Mars and sent to us on Earth.”
Here is your front row seat for my Mars. Look at how we did it.#CountdownToMarspic.twitter.com/Avv13dSVmQ
– NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (ASNASAPersevere) February 22, 2021
In the high definition video released by NASA, the diligent rover can be seen landing on the surface using a red and white parachute. This video is 3 minutes 25 seconds. In this video, the rover is shown descending to the surface amidst the dust.
Now that you have seen Mars, listen to it. Grab some headphones and hear the first sounds that one of my microphones captures. ????https://t.co/JswvAWC2IP#CountdownToMars
– NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (ASNASAPersevere) February 22, 2021
“This is the first time we’ve captured an event like a landing on Mars,” said Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He said it was a very amazing video.
