Mars 2020 Perseverance

NASA's next Mars rover is known as Mars 2020 'Perseverance', the upcoming rover will hunt for signs of habitable environments on Mars while searching for signs of past microbial life. The robotic traveler will also cache a series of samples that can be returned to Earth with a future mission.

The mission is currently slated to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in July or August 2020, when Earth and Mars are positioned to require the least amount of power for interplanetary travel. It is scheduled to land in February 2021, with an initial mission duration of at least one Martian year, or 687 Earth-days.

NASA's first Mars helicopter

The Mars Helicopter flight demonstration project will launch next summer on the Red Planet in February 2021.

NASA Chopper Ready for a Spin on Mars