NASA publishes the first audio recording from Mars .. Learn the details

The US space agency “NASA” revealed today, Tuesday, the first audio recording from Mars, which was documented by the Perseverance spacecraft, in addition to a video clip showing the landing of the vehicle on the surface of the Red Planet.

In a statement reported by the American Al-Hurra channel, NASA stated that despite the vehicle’s microphone malfunctioning during the landing, it managed to capture the sound of a breath of air on the surface of Mars after its landing on a mission to search for traces of past life and reveal the secrets of the planet. a second.

“What can be heard within ten seconds of the recording is the sound of the air on the surface of Mars, which was picked up by the microphone and transmitted to Earth,” said Dave Growell, the chief engineer overseeing the vehicle’s camera and microphone systems, according to AFP.

The agency also published the first video of the landing of the vehicle that headed to the red planet, lasting three minutes and 25 seconds, and it shows the launch of a landing parachute decorated in red and white colors, with a diameter of 21.5 meters.

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