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Mars Perseverance Rover and the Future Colonization of Mars
The 2020s is the decade of Mars. Last week NASA s Perseverance rover became the sixth American robot to land on the red planet, and the third visitor this month. Where are we going with Mars, who will get us there, and what is the ultimate goal?
Pete Sullivan | March 2, 2021, 7am PST Share
At 3:48 p.m. Eastern time on February 18, 2021, NASA s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars, after traveling nearly 300 million miles in its six-month journey from Earth. The $2.7 billion robotic explorer is the sixth American spacecraft to land safely on the red planet, joining two other spacecraft in orbit from China and United Arab Emirates, which arrived earlier this month. Six more orbiters are currently studying the planet from space, three sent by NASA, one from Europe, and one from India.