The Mars Microphone Onboard SuperCam

The Mars Microphone is one of the five measurement techniques SuperCam, an improved version ChemCam instrument that has been functioning aboard Curiosity rover for several years. SuperCam located on Rover's Mast Unit, to take advantage unique pointing capabilities rover's head. In addition being first record sounds Mars, can address original scientific objectives: study sound associated with laser impacts Martian rocks better understand their mechanical properties, improvement our knowledge atmospheric phenomena at surface Mars: turbulence, convective vortices, dust lifting processes and wind interactions itself. microphone will also help understanding signature different movements rover: operations robotic arm mast, driving rough floor monitoring pumps, etc ... was delivered team in early 2019 integrated Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL, Pasadena, CA) complete instrument. 2020 Mission launched July landed February 18th 2021. mission are expected last until least August 2023. operating perfectly.