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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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Dec 28, 2021 · A new record for the longest drive in a Martian day. Six samples and counting of Martian rock and atmosphere that could eventually be brought to Earth for further study. More than 50 gigabytes of science data. More than 100,000 images returned, including two "selfies".
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Dec 28, 2021 · NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy since its harrowing touchdown in Mars’ Jezero Crater this past February. In the 10 months since, the car-size rover has driven 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometers), set a record for the longest rover drive in a Martian day, taken more than 100,000 images, and collected six samples of Martian rock and atmosphere ...
- Solar System and Beyond. Prior to the targeted Dec. 24 launch of the Webb Telescope, NASA this year completed testing and sent the telescope on a 5,800 mile journey by sea to its launch site in French Guiana.
- NASA Climate, Earth Science. In 2021, NASA’s climate research continued to show how the planet is changing as the agency maintained its role as a leader in understanding climate change.
- Humans in Space. This was the 21st continuous year of human presence aboard the International Space Station, and the busiest yet. NASA continues to send astronauts to the orbiting laboratory using commercial spacecraft launched from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as Russian Soyuz capsules launched from Kazakhstan.
- Moon to Mars. The agency is targeting launch of Artemis I, an uncrewed flight test of NASA’s powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft that will travel around the Moon in March or April 2022.
Dec 28, 2021 · In the 10 months since, the car-size rover has driven 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometers), set a record for the longest rover drive in a Martian day, taken more than 100,000 images, and collected six samples of Martian rock and atmosphere that could eventually be brought to Earth for further study.
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Dec 23, 2021 · NASA's Perseverance rover spent much of 2021 capturing incredible photos of Mars, and with the year nearly over, the organization's now looking back at some of Perseverance's best work. Throughout the years, humans have sent numerous robots to Mars in hopes of learning more about the Red Planet.
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Feb 18, 2022 · Through a collaboration between NASA and the ESA, future missions will send spacecraft to collect the sealed samples from Mars’s surface and return them to Earth.
