This audio is the air compressor for MOXIE pumping air on Mars. MOXIE was launched aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover to test a technology for extracting oxygen from the Red Planet’s carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. 
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/IRAP

This audio is the air compressor for MOXIE pumping air on Mars. MOXIE was launched aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover to test a technology for extracting oxygen from the Red Planet’s carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/IRAP

MOXIE's Air Compressor Pumping Away on Mars

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MOXIE's Air Compressor Pumping Away on Mars

MOXIE's Air Compressor Pumping Away on Mars