There is a lot of interest in Mars at the moment from a number of different countries with current missions from China and the UAE and plans by the ESA/Russia, Japan and India in the next 3 or 4 years.
First up look out on the 18th February for the scheduled landing of the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover, if successful it will be another engineering feat using a “sky crane”.
It includes another engineering first, Ingenuity, the first helicopter to operate outside of the Earth. This is a test to check the feasibility of flying a drone on a planet with a much thinner atmosphere, 1% of the thickness of Earth’s atmosphere. It weights 1.8kg and is fitted with counter rotating blades running at 2,400rpm.
Further info:-
Perseverance Mission : Ingenuity Helicopter : Wikipedia page-missions to Mars