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Hear Mars rover Perseverance whir because it cruises towards the Crimson Planet – The Shepherd of the Hills Gazette
NASA’s next Mars rover isn’t keeping quiet during its long trek to the Red Planet.A microphone aboard the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, which launched on
NASA’s next Mars rover isn’t keeping quiet during its long trek to the Red Planet.
A microphone aboard the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, which launched on July 30 and will touch down on Feb. 18, 2021, captured the whirring sound made by the car-sized robot’s “heat-rejection fluid pump,” a newly released NASA audio file reveals.
That microphone was installed to record the sounds of Perseverance’s entry, descent and landing (EDL), the “seven minutes of terror” sequence that will end with a rocket-powered…
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