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Listen to the Mars wind blow in these 1st sounds from the Perseverance rover

The recording, which features mechanical whirring from the Perseverance rover and the rustle of a Mars breeze, is the first true audio ever captured on the surface of Mars.

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https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-first-mars-sounds-audio?jwsource=cl

These sounds are truly otherworldly.

NASA's Perseverance rover recorded 60 seconds of Martian sound on Saturday (Feb. 20), just two days after its picture-perfect touchdown inside Jezero Crater. The newly released file, which features mechanical whirring from the rover and the rustle of a Red Planet breeze, is the first true audio ever captured on the surface of Mars.

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"Really neat — overwhelming, if you will," Dave Gruel, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, said during a news conference on Monday (Feb. 22). The audio was unveiled during that briefing, as was jaw-dropping video Perseverance captured during its Feb. 18 entry, descent and landing (EDL).