NASA has unveiled first-of-its-kind footage of the newest rover landing on Mars and has captured sound on the red planet for the first time ever.
A record 25 cameras were placed on the Perseverance rover and the spacecraft which brought it down to the surface of the red planet last Thursday. Several of those cameras were turned on during the landing.
While the rover sent back some initial photos from the surface last week, the footage NASA shared on Monday took it to the next level.
The cameras captured shots of the rover's descent through the atmosphere, the parachute deployment and the "skycrane" maneuver that finally lowered it to the surface.
Officials said around 23,000 images captured the rover's descent and landing.
The rover was also equipped with two microphones, and while officials announced Monday they were not able to capture sound during landing, they did share audio from the surface since then.
NASA proclaimed it was the first sounds from the surface of Mars.
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