NASA has released audio of a meteorite slamming into Mars, which was captured by the space agency's InSight Lander.
NASA’s InSight Lander is slowly counting down the last of its days. Placed on Mars to study marsquakes and other phenomena on the surface of the Red Planet, NASA has learned a lot from its Martian lander. Now, though, in the throes of its last bit of power, the InSight Lander has captured something amazing, the sound of a meteorite slamming into Mars.this week.
Hearing a meteorite slam into Mars was not something I expected to experience when I woke up today, much less something I expected from the Mars InSight Lander.has been on its last leg for months now. The lander, which has been studying seismic activity on the Red Planet, found itself in quite a bit of trouble earlier this year as sand from the Martian surface had covered its solar panels.
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