The first to be rigged with microphones, the agency's latest Mars rover picked up the subtle sounds of its own inner workings during interplanetary flight.
Data for the 60-second audio file was collected on Oct. 19 during an in-flight checkout of the camera and microphone system that will pick up some of the landing drama at Mars' Jezero Crater early next year.
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"With apologies to the person who came up with the slogan for 'Alien,' I guess you could say that in space no one may be able to hear you scream, but they can hear your heat rejection fluid pump," said Dave Gruel, lead engineer for Mars 2020's EDL Camera and Microphone subsystem. "The microphone we included to hear what it's like to land on Mars was actually able to pick up Perseverance's thermal system operating in the vacuum of space through mechanical vibration."
Not to change the topic here:
Kind Bars to Be Acquired by Maker of Snickers - The New York Times
Mars, the company behind M&M's and Snickers, is acquiring the maker of Kind bars, the snacks that celebrate their lack of artificial flavors and preservatives, company executives told The New York Times in an interview.
The deal for Kind North America comes three years after Mars, a privately held giant in the candy industry, took a minority stake in the company. Terms were not formally announced, but people with knowledge of the deal said it valued Kind at about $5 billion.
Farming on Mars will be a lot harder than 'The Martian' made it seem | Science News
In the film The Martian , astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) survives being stranded on the Red Planet by farming potatoes in Martian dirt fertilized with feces.
Future Mars astronauts could grow crops in dirt to avoid solely relying on resupply missions, and to grow a greater amount and variety of food than with hydroponics alone ( SN: 11/4/11 ). But new lab experiments suggest that growing food on the Red Planet will be a lot more complicated than simply planting crops with poop ( SN: 9/22/15 ).
Sols 2947-48: Follow the Red Brick Road – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
We are continuing our “benches” mini-campaign and the current bench is spread out before us like a brick road on our way to our next stop. Curiosity is continuing to study these erosion-resistant rock layers as we drive steadily toward the sulfate unit of Mt. Sharp. In today’s plan, we passed on an opportunity for additional contact science and instead chose a variety of remote sensing with ChemCam and Mastcam.
These blog updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public.
Many things are taking place:
NASA Offers Findings on Red Planet Science Exploration | NASA
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Takes Selfie With "Mary Anning" on the Red Planet
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity snagged three samples of drilled rock at this site on its way out of the Glen Torridon region, which scientists believe preserves an ancient habitable environment. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Made up of 59 pictures stitched together by imaging specialists, the selfie was taken on October 25, 2020 – the 2,922nd Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s mission.
Mars was as advertised | News, Sports, Jobs - Times Observer
Times Observer Photo by Jay Young Warren's Audrey Smith, right, pressures Caroline Wroblewski of Mars during Saturday's PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal in Mars.
MARS – For the second consecutive year the District 7 champion Mars Fighting Planets defeated Warren in Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class 3A girls soccer quarterfinal play on Saturday.
The No. 1 ranked team in the country, according to the United Soccer Coaches, posted five first-half goals on the way to an 8-0 win over the Dragons, who end their incredible season at 18-1.
Happening on Twitter
Did you hear? A microphone aboard the @NASAPersevere rover has recorded the sounds of the spacecraft during its int… https://t.co/rASiq0nzef NASAMars (from Fourth Planet From the Sun) Wed Nov 18 19:00:37 +0000 2020
One of my two microphones captured these sounds during an in-flight checkout on my way to Mars. The hum you hear is… https://t.co/tmC0v4EBUx NASAPersevere (from Space) Wed Nov 18 19:14:17 +0000 2020
Microphones on @NASAPersevere have picked up the sound of the spacecraft as it makes it's way to Mars. When it land… https://t.co/k7IqkAtKD1 jmorhard (from Washington, DC) Wed Nov 18 23:34:14 +0000 2020
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