NASA recorded for the first, the strong wind blows the surface of Mars

News24xx.com - NASA's space shuttle, InSight for the first time recorded the hissing sound of the wind blowing on Mars on Friday, December 7th 2018. NASA estimates strong winds at speeds of 10 to 15mph (five to seven seconds per meter). A gust of wind was recorded on the InSight solar panel that was sent from Earth on November 16th.

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The two sensors embedded in the InSight record vibrations in the form of air pressure differences within the spacecraft and the seismometers in them. "This (wind gust recording) is the first fifteen minutes of data coming from a seismometer in a short time" said Thomas Pike, chief researcher of Imperial College London, interrupted by a media conference.

Pike illustrates the sound of a gust of wind recorded like a waving flag. In fact, he likens the gust like the sound that blows from another world. Bruce Banerdt, InSight's main investigating team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said InSight has managed to feel the wind moving from northwest to southeast at around 5 pm local time.

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In contrast to other missions, InSight was sent to study Mars's contents that have never been done before. Seismological instruments are pinned to detect earthquake potential and measure heat coming from the planet's crust. Previously, NASA's Viking 1 and 2 spacecraft have also recorded Mars wind signals when they landed in 1976. The difference was that the current gust of wind was lower.

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