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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.

Opportunity Greets Winter Solstice

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017 - Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of the Noachian-aged Endeavour crater. The winter solstice occurred on Sol 4915 (Nov. 20, 2017). Energy

Nov 29, 2017

Earthworms can reproduce in Mars-like soil

Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017 - A pair of newborn earthworms in a Dutch lab suggests earthworms can reproduce in Martian soil.

Nov 27, 2017

Previous evidence of water on Mars now identified as grainflows

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017 - Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to

Nov 22, 2017

Gadgets for Mars

Paris (ESA) Nov 22, 2017 - A mini-rover, tools once used on the Moon and lasers for 3D mapping are in the backpack of the explorers of tomorrow. The terrain will be hazardous and it will be dark in volcanic caves, but this eq

Nov 22, 2017

Ice shapes the landslide landscape on Mars

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017 - How good is your Martian geography? Does Valles Marineris ring a bell? This area is known for having landslides that are among the largest and longest in the entire solar system. They make the perfe

Nov 22, 2017

Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2017 - Dark features on Mars previously considered evidence for subsurface flowing of water are interpreted by new research as granular flows, where grains of sand and dust slip downhill to make dark strea

Nov 21, 2017

From Hannover around the world and to the Mars: LZH delivers laser for ExoMars 2020

Hannover, Germany (SPX) Nov 21, 2017 - In three years, the rocket of the European-Russian ExoMars 2020 mission shall start its nine-month journey to Mars, together with a rover and surface platform. The flight model of the MOMA laser has

Nov 21, 2017

Winds Blow Dust off the Solar Panels Improving Energy Levels

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 20, 2017 - Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of the Noachian-aged Endeavour Crater. Although the depth of the winter solstice is still a week or more

Nov 20, 2017

NASA Selects Instrument for Future International Mission to Martian Moons

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 - NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrog

Nov 17, 2017

Russia’s Roscosmos may take part in creation of ‘Martian Town’ in Dubai

Dubai (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 - The United Arab Emirates are planning to create Mars Scientific City, an ambitious project that would simulate the conditions of life on Mars. Russia's space corporation Roscosmos will consu

Nov 16, 2017

Fracture swarms on Mars

Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2017 - ESA's Mars Express has imaged striking features on Mars were caused by the planet's crust stretching apart in response to ancient volcanic activity. The fractures in the Sirenum Fossae region

Nov 16, 2017

Powering up NASA’s human reach for the Red Planet

Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 - NASA is pushing forward on testing a key energy source that could literally empower human crews on the Mars surface, energizing habitats and running on-the-spot processing equipment to transform R

Nov 15, 2017

New partnership on Mars drone applications research

Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 - The Mars Institute, the SETI Institute, and FYBR Solutions Inc. (FYBR) are announcing a new partnership with the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) for the research and development of unmanned aerial

Nov 15, 2017

Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 - Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the s

Nov 15, 2017

How long can microorganisms live on Mars

Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 09, 2017 - Researchers from Lomonosov MSU, Faculty of Soil Science, have studied the resistance microorganisms have against gamma radiation in very low temperatures. The results have been published in the Extr

Nov 9, 2017

NASA Opens $2 Million Third Phase of 3D-Printed Habitat Competition

Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 - Future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond will require innovative options to shelter our explorers, and we won't be able to carry all of the materials with us from Earth. NASA's 3D-Printed Habita

Nov 8, 2017