Listening to the sounds of Mars, this week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah Alahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond.

Have you heard the recordings from the Red Planet?

After decades of effort to put a microphone on Mars, we can finally listen to the sound

of the Martian Wind, thanks to NASA's Perseverance Rover and the teams who work to make its two microphones

a reality.

In a moment, you'll hear my interview with Jason Achilles, a musician with a passion

for space who used his audio prowess to help put one of the first successful microphones

on Mars.

We'll also share a rare upcoming opportunity to view a comet that hasn't swung by Earth

in over 50,000 years.

Stick around for what's up with Bruce Betz, and this week's Space Trivia Contest.

In Space News, Virgin Orbit's first launch from the UK had a major snag after it lifted

off from spaceport Cornwall on January 9th.

Virgin Orbit, not to be confused with its sister company Virgin Galactic, is a company that

provides launch services for small satellites.

Their Launcher One rocket suffered an anomaly sometime after it was released from its

carrier plane.

It was supposed to deploy nine satellites, but sadly none of them made it into Orbit.

We aren't yet sure what caused the anomaly, but hopefully we'll know more soon.

Meanwhile in the United States, representative Frank Lucas has been named chair to the U.S.

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