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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.

InSight probe to survey Mars for secrets inside the planet

As NASA's Insight probe begins its trip to Mars on Saturday, the spacecraft is tasked with studying Mars' insides.

May 4, 2018

NASA’s newest Mars lander to study quakes on Red Planet

NASA is poised to launch its first lander to Mars since 2012, an unmanned spacecraft called InSight that aims to listen for quakes and unravel the mystery of how rocky planets like Earth form.

May 3, 2018

Early Mars may have been a warm desert with occasional rain

The climate of early Mars is a subject of debate. While it has been thought that Mars had a warm and wet climate, like Earth, other researchers suggested early Mars might have been largely glaciated.

May 3, 2018

Microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake could hold clues to life on Mars

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth.

May 3, 2018

Results of Mars 2020 heat shield testing

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.

Apr 30, 2018

Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS sends first colour images from Mars

The Mars camera CaSSIS on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has returned its first colour images of the red planet.

Apr 27, 2018

ESA and NASA to investigate bringing martian soil to Earth

ESA and NASA signed a statement of intent today to explore concepts for missions to bring samples of martian soil to Earth.

Apr 27, 2018

A Yellowstone guide to life on Mars

A University of Cincinnati geology student is helping NASA determine whether life existed on other planets.

Apr 26, 2018

Opportuity Mars rover looking for a path of less resistance

Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater, pursuing several scientific hypotheses as to the origin of the valley.

Apr 25, 2018

Clear as mud: Desiccation cracks help reveal the shape of water on Mars

As Curiosity rover marches across Mars, the red planet's watery past comes into clearer focus.

Apr 20, 2018

SwRI’s Martian moons model indicates formation following large impact

Southwest Research Institute scientists posit a violent birth of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, but on a much smaller scale than the giant impact thought to have resulted in the Earth-Moon system.

Apr 19, 2018

US, Russia likely to go to Mars Together, former NASA astronaut says

The United States and Russia are on a path to jointly explore deep space and will most likely fly to Mars together, former NASA astronaut Ronald M.

Apr 17, 2018

NASA scientist to discuss ‘Swimming in Martian Lakes: Curiosity at Gale Crater’

The public is invited to a free talk called "Swimming in Martian Lakes: Curiosity at Gale Crater," with Dr.

Apr 17, 2018

Mars impact crater or supervolcano?

These images from ESA's Mars Express show a crater named Ismenia Patera on the Red Planet.

Apr 13, 2018

Mars Express to get major software update

Every so often, your smartphone or tablet receives new software to improve its functionality and extend its life.

Apr 12, 2018

The Rock Outcrop ‘Tome’ Continues to Garner Interest On Mars

Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

Apr 12, 2018