What does Mars sound like?

The Perseverance rover drives around Mars. It leaves tire tracks. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
This drawing shows where the rover could drive on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS)
Engineers watch a driving test for the rover. (J. Krohn/NASA via AP)
This spacecraft took the rover to Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
This drawing shows the rover landing. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

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Screech. Clank. Bang. Driving on the planet Mars is noisy. How do we know that? The Mars rover recorded sounds on the rocky, red planet.

People on Earth listened to the sounds. Woosh, Swoosh! Zap, Zap, Zap.

Read More: Perseverance is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s new space rover. It has two microphones on board. They capture sounds in space. One recorded the rover’s six metal wheels grinding, hammering, and scraping along the rocky soil on Mars. It was a surprise to hear how noisy Mars is! Do you want to hear what the Red Planet sounds like? Ask Mom or Dad if you can listen online (https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/audio/). Nehemiah 9:6 reminds us that God created everything––even Mars! “You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the Earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them.”