NASA shares audio clip of Perseverance's wheels 'banging and pinging' in the Mars dirt

NASA's Perseverance rover is slowly trekking across Mars, but we can now hear its tires rolling in the dirt from 239 million miles away. The American space agency shared the first audio of the rover's six tires'banging, pinging and rattling' through the Jezero Crater to search for ancient signs of life. Perseverance, also known as'Perky,' also shared its first encounter with a dust devil that moved right to left behind its robotic arm. A short video sent back to the NASA team that shows a whirling cloud of dust off in the distance and experts say it will cross paths with many more in the future – the Curiosity rover has observed nearly 16 since landing on Mars in 2012. NASA's Perseverance rover is slowly trekking across Mars, but we can now hear its tires rolling in the dirt from 239 million miles away.