NASA released a color video on Monday showing the intense moments Perseverance landed on Mars with some shots taken from the point of view of the rover itself.
A striking sound recording from the surface of Mars also captures the subtle noise of Martian wind.
Over a few dramatic moments, the first-of-its-kind video from several cameras shows the deployment of a parachute to slow down the rover's descent nearly all the way to the surface.
Then as the rover is lowered to just above the surface via bridle cables connected to a descent stage jetpack, it is dropped safely to its ideal landing spot on Mar’s Jezero Crater.
The microphones aboard the rover did not pick up the sounds of the entry and landing, but worked for picking up sounds of the rover in its stationary position on the surface as well as the noise of a 10 to 15 mph wind.
The dramatic video and sound prompted an awestruck response from NASA associate administrator Thomas Zurbuchen. "It is nothing short of amazing...Who will compose the first music with actual Mars sound?"
The camera system shows the entire descent process from the parachute inflation 7 miles above the surface of Mars.
The commercial off-the-shelf microphone captured sounds on Feb. 20, with the Martian breeze audible about 10 seconds in.
The video revealed some tiny mishaps in the landing, which engineers will review for years to come in planning future missions. One out of eight springs came loose on a heat shield on descent, bits from a parachute lid came off and a low-gain antenna cover came off.
“In general, entry, descent and landing (EDL) did what it was designed to do,” said Al Chen, EDL lead.
In addition to descent video, NASA released other images, including a striking panorama that shows the rover and much of the landscape. Officials reported that the rover has been given 5,000 commands already from Earth, and has functioned with "nominal" responses. "Nominal really means fantastic," said Jessica Samuels, Perseverance surface mission manager.
NASA released two versions of the audio received from the Martian surface, one with the sound of the rover and the wind, and the other with the wind filtered out.
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