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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.
- The Cost of Perseverance, in Context
Compared to NASA’s other Mars missions, Perseverance ranks...
- The Cost of Perseverance, in Context
NASA plans to expend roughly US$2.8 billion on the Mars 2020 mission over 10 years: almost $2.2 billion on the development of the Perseverance rover, $80 million on the Ingenuity helicopter, $243 million for launch services, and $296 million for 2.5 years of mission operations.
Jul 29, 2020 · Compared to NASA’s other Mars missions, Perseverance ranks as the 3rd most expensive behind Viking—a Cadillac-level Mars project consisting of 2 orbiter-landers launched by 2 rockets—and MSL Curiosity, which missed its original launch window, causing significant cost-growth.
- $243 million
- $2.2 billion
- $300 million
- $2.725 billion
Jul 20, 2016 · NASA’s next flagship Mars mission, the Mars 2020 rover, will cost $2.1 billion, more than originally estimated but also more capable, agency officials said.
Jul 29, 2020 · Mars 2020 cost $2.4 billion to develop, and the agency has budgeted $300 million for the mission’s first Martian year — 687 Earth days — of operations. That would bring the overall cost of...
Jul 30, 2020 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.
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Jul 24, 2023 · Perseverance, nicknamed "Percy", the centerpiece of NASA's $2.7 billion Mars 2020 mission, touched down inside the Red Planet's Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. The car-sized robot is searching...