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  1. The Perseverance rover is projected to cost $2.7 billion dollars, of which $2.2 billion was for spacecraft development, $243 million for launch services, and approximately $300 million for operations and scientific analysis for its 2-year primary mission.

  2. Feb 26, 2021 · The mission is expected to cost $2.7 billion, rising to $2.9 billion when inflation is factored in. Despite the seemingly high cost, Perseverance is only the third most expensive Mars mission, trailing Viking 1 & 2 and the Curiosity rover.

  3. Jul 29, 2020 · The $2.7 billion project cost is the sum total of spending over these 11 years, though it is not spent evenly. The following chart shows that annual spending on the project varied dramatically. Mars Perseverance rover spending by fiscal year. Amounts after the current year are official projections.

    • $243 million
    • $2.2 billion
    • $300 million
    • $2.725 billion
  4. All previous Mars missions have cost billions of dollars — even some that launched five decades ago — and Perseverance is no different. NASA expects to spend $2.9 billion, according to The Planetary Society –adjusted with inflation — by the end of its lifespan.

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  5. Jun 23, 2023 · The development cost for the mission was no longer $4.4 billion. Rather, the new estimate put it at $8 to $9 billion. Moreover, this only represents the cost to build and test the different...

  6. The rover took 29 weeks to travel to Mars and made its landing in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, to begin its science phase. [ 72 ] After May 17, 2022, the rover will move uphill and examine rocks on the surface for evidence of past life on Mars .

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  8. Feb 19, 2021 · Launch services for the Atlas V rocket cost $243 million while the two years of prime mission operations are expected to work out at a further $300 million.

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