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(photo: AP / Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP, file) Asiatimes European Union Hungary Photos Politics Perseverance Wraps Up Over 1,000 Days on Mars. Still Going Strong I can remember when Perseverance was launched, travelled out into the Solar System and landed on Mars in February 2021. In all the time since it arrived, having clocked... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS) Universe Today Astronomers NASA Photos Science