The initial plan to return samples from Mars assumed that the Perseverance rover would collect them by 2033. In a statement ... cost $7 billion, but the mission's price has risen to $11 billion ...

In 2017, then-President Donald Trump signed an order directing NASA to send humans to Mars by 2033, and former President Barack Obama had set a similar goal of a mission in the 2030s, CNET said.

The first staffed mission to Mars is scheduled to leave Earth in 2033, but these things often get delayed. I could be in my thirties when the mission actually happens, which is a good age for an ...