07/29/2020
Tomorrow, July 30 at approximately 7:50 a.m. EDT, NASA is planning to launch a mission to take the Perseverance rover to Mars. Settled among the millions of dollars of high-tech space equipment is a DPA 4006 Omnidirectional Microphone, an MMA-A Digital Audio Interface and an MMP-G Modular Active Cable, which will act as an ultra-transparent preamplifier.
The off-the-shelf microphone and audio interface will be the rover's "ears" and the auditory part of the "brain" during the demanding and dangerous entry, descent and landing (EDL) part of the trip. The microphone's mission is to capture sounds as the rover enters the Martian atmosphere and makes its way down to the planet surface.
DPA'S MARS MISSION
Watch history in the making, live!
Follow the countdown and make sure to check out the other fun and educational information on NASA's Mars 2020 mission page. You can even watch NASA's Perseverance rover Launch to Mars on the NASA YouTube channel.
Let's help give the 4006 (and the entire Perseverance rover) a proper send off and wish it well on its long and lonely 7-month journey!
