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Mars Daily Editorial Team

Editorial Team

The Mars Daily Editorial Team produces Mars Daily's coverage of Mars exploration and science. We report on rovers and orbiters, sample-return and human-Mars planning, and the geology, atmosphere and astrobiology of the Red Planet. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Mars Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Scientists Train in the Nevada Desert

Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it.

May 7, 2020

NASA’s Perseverance rover will look at Mars through these ‘eyes’

When it launches this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will have the most advanced pair of "eyes" ever sent to the Red Planet's surface:…

May 4, 2020

UBC researchers establish new timeline for ancient magnetic field on Mars

Mars had a global magnetic field much earlier - and much later - in the planet's history than scientists have previously known.

May 4, 2020

Emirates first Mars mission ready for launch from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre

The UAE Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center announced the safe transfer of the Mars Hope spacecraft to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Centre.

Apr 30, 2020

NASA’s Mars Helicopter named Ingenuity

Destined to become the first aircraft to attempt powered flight on another planet, NASA's Mars Helicopter officially has received a new name: Ingenuity.

Apr 30, 2020

Martian meteorites contain 4-billion-year-old nitrogen-bearing organic material

A research team including research scientist Atsuko Kobayashi from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and research…

Apr 30, 2020

Promising signs for Perseverance rover in its quest for past Martian life

New research indicates river delta deposits within Mars' Jezero crater - the destination of NASA' Perseverance rover on the Red Planet - formed over time scales that promoted habitability and enhanced preservation of evidence.

Apr 24, 2020

Nanocardboard flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes

This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter.

Apr 22, 2020

Mars 2020 Perseverance rover gets balanced

With 13 weeks to go before the launch period of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opens, final preparations of the spacecraft continue at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Apr 21, 2020

Surface Hot Springs May Have Existed on Ancient Mars

Ancient Mars may have featured surface hot springs, according to research by PSI's Dorothy Oehler.

Apr 21, 2020

NASA’s Curiosity Keeps Rolling As Team Operates Rover From Home

For people who are able to work remotely during this time of social distancing, video conferences and emails have helped bridge the gap.

Apr 15, 2020

Mars Helicopter attached to Perseverance Mars rover

With the launch period of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opening in 14 weeks, final preparations of the spacecraft continue at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Apr 10, 2020

Choosing rocks on Mars to bring to Earth

If you could bring something back from Mars to Earth, what would you choose? This question is becoming reality, as ESA opens a call for scientists to join a…

Apr 6, 2020

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover gets its wheels and air brakes

Final assembly and testing of NASA's Perseverance rover continues at Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the July launch window approaches.

Apr 6, 2020

Bacteria in rock deep under sea inspire new search for life on Mars

Newly discovered single-celled creatures living deep beneath the seafloor have given researchers clues about how they might find life on Mars.

Apr 3, 2020

The man who wanted to fly on Mars

Even before this interviewer can finish the question, "Did anyone ever tell you this was a crazy idea?" Bob Balaram jumps in: "Everyone.

Apr 2, 2020