Last week, after months of rigorous space travel, the Perseverance Rover touched down on the surface of Mars.
On board was a DPA 4006 Omnidirectional Microphone, MMA-A Digital Audio Interface and MMP-G Modular Active Cable. After the rover touched down, audio and video files were recorded from the surface and transmitted to NASA’s base station.
NASA sent these files to DPA’s engineering team for processing and now, following several days of review, you can hear what this incredibly durable mic solution captured from the surface.
Everything about the mission — from the launch to the landing — is hostile, insofar as a microphone is generally concerned. It’s very exciting to know that DPA was able to record something from so many millions of miles away, and have the sound travel back to us so quickly."
– René Mørch, product manager at DPA Microphones
You can read more about the landing using DPA microphones to capture audio on the NASA Mars website.
You can read about it and listen to the sound by following this link.
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