InSight Lander Sounds of Mars by NASA published on 2018-12-07T16:33:12Z NASA's InSight lander, which touched down on Mars on Nov. 26, 2018, has provided the first ever "sounds" of Martian winds on the Red Planet. InSight sensors captured a haunting low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind, estimated to be blowing between 10 to 15 mph (5 to 7 meters a second) on Dec. 1, 2018, from northwest to southeast. Two very sensitive sensors on the spacecraft detected these wind vibrations: an air pressure sensor inside the lander and a seismometer sitting on the lander's deck, awaiting deployment by InSight’s robotic arm. The two instruments recorded the wind noise in different ways. The air pressure sensor, part of the Auxiliary Payload Sensor Subsystem (APSS), which will collect meteorological data, recorded these air vibrations directly. The seismometer recorded lander vibrations caused by the wind moving over the spacecraft's solar panels, which are each 7 feet (2.2 meters) in diameter and stick out from the sides of the lander like a giant pair of ears. More: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-insight-lander-hears-martian-winds Genre Science Contains tracks NASA’s InSight Records the Sound of a Martian Impact by NASA published on 2022-10-27T12:27:25Z InSight Dinks And Donks Sample by NASA published on 2019-09-27T21:03:51Z Quake Sol 235 by NASA published on 2019-09-27T21:03:41Z Quake Sol 173 by NASA published on 2019-09-27T21:03:35Z Sol 98 SEIS Spatialized Reflective by NASA published on 2019-09-27T21:03:25Z