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Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 11:40 IST
The red and white pattern in concentric spelled out Dary Mighty Things , which happens to be the Perseverance team s motto Secret message in NASA s Mars rover ‘has been decoded | Photo Credit: Twitter
The world watched on with bated breath as NASA took a giant leap towards the exploration of the red planet.
The space agency on Monday released the first-of-its-kind audio and video recording from the Perseverence Rover that landed on Mars.
The recording is of a faint crackling of a gust of wind that was captured by the rover. In addition, the space agency also released a full video of the rover landing on Mars. According to an AFP report, a microphone malfunctioned during the rover s descent. But it was able to record audio after landing on Mars. The 6-second recording has now been shared on social media.
Internet sleuths have uncovered a hidden message left by NASA on the inside of the parachute that landed Perseverance on Mars - it says Dare Mighty Things in binary.
The code was written into the lining of the parachute, made from a custom material crafted in Devon, and kept under wraps until it was deployed on February 18.
Nobody outside a core group within NASA knew what the message was until it was unveiled to the public when the agency shared new images and a video showing the seven minutes of terror landing, including a view of the inside of the parachute.