NASA Releases Stunning Sounds and Sights from Mars

Suara berhasil ditangkap oleh robot penjelajah Mars milik NASA, Perseverance (foto: NASA)

JAKARTA - Have you ever heard a sound from a planet other than Earth? The American Space Agency (NASA) has just released a video containing the amazing sound of Mars.

The sound was captured by NASA's Mars rover, Perseverance, which is currently still on the Red Planet. Perseverance is the first robotic rover to include two microphones, one in the rover chassis and the other in the SuperCam located at the end of the vehicle's mast.

This of course opens up a whole new world of discoveries for NASA scientists who want to learn more about Mars. Recently, the Perseverance team has released a collection of audio recordings collected by the rover since its arrival on Mars in February in a short video.

Citing Digital Trends, Tuesday, October 19, the video uploaded by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory YouTube account features recorded sounds including the sound of winds on Mars, and images of dust storms collected by Perseverance and other Mars explorers such as Curiosity.

In the video, Perseverance can be heard as it travels and crosses the surface of Mars. There was also a kind of shrill sound as the rover's six metal wheels glided slowly over the rock and sand on Mars.

The video also includes the sound of a stone-crushing laser from SuperCam Perseverance. Noise occurs when the laser strikes the rock, with this scientists can use the audio to learn more about the rock's properties. So far, the SuperCam has recorded over 25.000 laser shots.

Lastly, the buzzing sound comes from the NASA Ingenuity helicopter flying on Mars. Perseverance caught his action from a distance of 80 meters during the plane's fourth flight in April.

Scientists believe the thin atmosphere on Mars prevents high-pitched sounds from reaching Perseverance's microphones. However, they were also surprised that the atmosphere was able to propagate sound much better than expected.