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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’s InSight passes halfway to Mars, instruments check in

NASA's InSight spacecraft, en route to a Nov. 26 landing on Mars, passed the halfway mark on Aug.

Aug 21, 2018

Six Things About Opportunity’S Recovery Efforts

NASA's Opportunity rover has been silent since June 10, when a planet-encircling dust storm cut off solar power for the nearly-15-year-old rover.

Aug 17, 2018

The Science Team Continues to Listen for Opportunity as Storm Diminishes

The planet-encircling dust storm on Mars continues to decay, although in fits and starts.

Aug 17, 2018

Planet-Encircling Dust Storm of Mars shows signs of slowing

The planet-encircling dust storm on Mars continues to show indications of decay.

Aug 15, 2018

Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers power generator for Mars 2020 Rover

Aerojet Rocketdyne, in collaboration with Teledyne, recently delivered the electrical power generator for NASA's Mars 2020 rover to the U.S.

Aug 8, 2018

Still no change in Opportunity’s status

As reported last week, the planet-encircling dust storm on Mars is showing indications of peaking and perhaps decaying.

Aug 8, 2018

Sorry Elon Musk, but it’s now clear that colonising Mars is unlikely

Space X and Tesla founder Elon Musk has a vision for colonising Mars, based on a big rocket, nuclear explosions and an infrastructure to transport millions of people there.

Aug 6, 2018

Russia Plans to Send Capsule With Microorganisms to Mars

Russian scientists plan to send a capsule containing microorganisms to Mars' natural satellite Phobos and then get it back to Earth in order to study the…

Aug 6, 2018

Mars Dust Storm May Have Peaked

The planet-encircling dust storm on Mars is showing indications of peaking and perhaps decaying.

Aug 3, 2018

Students can now build their own rover model

Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a machine like NASA's Curiosity rover, part of the Mars Science Laboratory project?

Aug 2, 2018

Mars terraforming not possible using present-day technology

Science fiction writers have long featured terraforming, the process of creating an Earth-like or habitable environment on another planet, in their stories.

Jul 31, 2018

Scientists looking for ways to grow crops on Red Planet

While humans prepare to land on Mars and eventually colonize it, the question about what people will eat on the Red Planet looms large.

Jul 31, 2018

Mars makes closest approach to Earth in 15 years

Earth's neighboring planet, Mars, is closer than it has been in the past 15 years, offering unusually bright views of the Red Planet's auburn hues.

Jul 31, 2018

Evidence of subsurface Martian liquid water bolstered

The announcement of the presence of liquid water beneath the surface of Martian poles validates research published by PSI Senior Scientist Stephen Clifford…

Jul 30, 2018

Life on Mars: Japan astronaut dreams after lake discovery

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai came back to earth last month but is still dreaming of space, especially after the discovery of an underground lake brought mankind one step closer to unravelling the mystery of life on Mars.

Jul 27, 2018

Space experts worry US won’t make it to Mars by 2030s

The United States has vowed to send the first humans to Mars by the 2030s, but space experts and lawmakers on Wednesday expressed concern that poor planning and lack of funds will delay those plans.

Jul 26, 2018