NASA is adding a Mars helicopter to the agency's next mission to the Red Planet, Mars 2020.

A week before NASA's next Mars launch, Vice President Mike Pence toured the birthplace of the InSight Mars Lander and numerous other past, present and future space missions.

A post-test inspection of the composite structure for a heat shield to be used on the Mars 2020 mission revealed that a fracture occurred during structural testing.

NASA's Mars 2020 mission has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of its development, on track for a July 2020 launch to Mars.

When it launches in 2020, NASA's next Mars rover will carry a chunk of Martian meteorite on board.