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NASA’s Perseverance rover sends back sounds of Martian winds and rock-blasting laser
NASA has released audio recordings of Martian winds, captured by its Perseverance rover, which landed on the red planet on February 18.
Key points:
- The rover travelled 6.4m in its first test drive lasting 33 minutes
- It is using a laser to break up rocks to send back to Earth
- It uses its SuperCam instrument to capture images and audio
The data release also includes the first audio of laser zaps on another planet — as the rover’s SuperCam instrument blasts Martian rocks to explore their composition — and the sounds of the rover as it begins its first tentative explorations.
The laser sounds can give NASA’s researchers an idea of the composition of the rock.
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