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18 February 2021 First Quarter, 41% lit

The first recording of another planet

Perseverance came down in Jezero crater carrying microphones, and sent back the sound of wind on Mars.

Sound travels slower and much more quietly in air a hundredth as thick as ours, and high notes fade out over distance in a way they do not here, so a conversation on Mars would lose its consonants first. The rover also carried the helicopter that flew two months later.

Date
18 February 2021
Moon computed for
20:00 local time, UTC
Phase
First Quarter
Illuminated
41%

Source: NASA Mars 2020 mission archive

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