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Mike Wehner
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NASA has had a consistent robotic presence on Mars for several decades now, and with each new generation of rovers, new discoveries become possible. The Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last month is the most capable piece of machinery ever sent to the Red Planet, and it's helping NASA to see and hear things it's never heard before. One of those things — as simple as it might seem — is hearing what the rover actually sounds like as it travels over the dusty surface of the planet.
Perseverance captured the sounds of its own wheels and legs squeaking and groaning as the robot traveled over the rocky ground. The space agency released this audio publicly, and now you can listen to it for yourself. The clip comes in two versions. The first is a huge 16-minute recording that is raw and unfiltered. There's a lot of noise and high-pitched artifacts to deal with, but you can still hear the rover's movements pretty clearly. The second is a 90-second compilation of the more interesting sounds from the longer recording, and it's been filtered and edited to lessen the noise and offer a less messy sound profile.
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NASA just released a Mars rover audio recording you need to hear originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 18:25:16 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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