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The NASA Perseverance s SuperCam delivered audio of Martian rocks being zapped by lasers. It is one of the many highlights of its mission so far.
The NASA Perseverance s SuperCam delivered audio of Martian rocks being zapped by lasers. It is one of the many highlights of its mission so far.
Zahra TayebMar 14, 2021, 21:21 IST
A jetpack, with the Perseverance rover secured to its underbelly, flies to a safe landing spot in Jezero Crater.NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Hear NASA s Mars Perseverance Rover Zap Its SuperCam Laser on Red Planet
On 3/11/21 at 4:29 AM EST
NASA s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, has beamed the first acoustic recording of laser sounds taken from the red planet back to Earth.
The U.S. space agency said an audio file obtained from an instrument called SuperCam contained sounds of a laser impacting its target a rock formation named Máaz that was approximately 10 feet away from the exploration rover on March 2.
The recording contains sounds of about 30 impacts, heard in a series of pops or clicks. It is used to identify and classify the structure and make-up of rocks.