NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures the Sounds of Mars – Listen In

Underwritten by Tristan James Jr.

Two microphones aboard the six-wheeled spacecraft add a new dimension to the way scientists and engineers explore the Red Planet.

Thanks to two microphones aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, the mission has recorded nearly five hours of Martian wind gusts, rover wheels crunching over gravel, and motors whirring as the spacecraft moves its arm.

These sounds allow scientists and engineers to experience the Red Planet in new ways – and everyone is invited to listen in.

“experience the Red Planet in new ways – and everyone is invited to listen in“

INSIDERNOTES

Perseverance is the first spacecraft to record the sound of the Red Planet using dedicated microphones – both of which were commercially available, off-the-shelf devices.

One rides on the side of the rover’s chassis. The second mic sits on Perseverance’s mast as a complement to the SuperCam laser instrument’s investigations of rocks and the atmosphere.

The body mic was provided by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, while the SuperCam instrument and its microphone were provided by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico and a consortium of French research laboratories under the auspices of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES).

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures the Sounds of Mars – Listen In