In Flight: Perseverance Rover’s Interplanetary Sound

November 18, 2020
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/DPA
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Data for the 60-second audio file was collected on Oct. 19, 2020, during an in-flight checkout of the Perseverance rover's camera and microphone system on the journey to Mars. The subdued whirring is from the rover's heat rejection fluid pump.