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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.

Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift Off

Witnessing a rocket launch is a special occasion. Watching a rocket launch with materials you made go up into the sky is priceless.

May 28, 2017

Preparations Continue Before Driving into ‘Perseverance Valley’

Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater.

May 26, 2017

Schiaparelli landing investigation completed

The inquiry into the crash-landing of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module has concluded that conflicting information in the onboard computer caused the descent sequence to end prematurely.

May 25, 2017

HI-SEAS Mission V Mars simulation marks midway point

After four months of living in a Mars-like environment, the six HI-SEAS Mission V crewmembers have hit the halfway mark.

May 22, 2017

Deciphering the fluid floorplan of a planet

An assessment of ancient drainage systems on Earth, Mars and Titan provides new insights into the topography-generating mechanisms on planetary bodies.

May 19, 2017

How hard did it rain on Mars

Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out river-like channels in its surface billions of years ago, according to a new study published in Icarus.

May 17, 2017

Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley’s Origin

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the main destination of its current two-year extended mission - an ancient fluid-carved valley incised on the inner slope of a vast crater's rim.

May 16, 2017

Ancient Mars impacts created tornado-like winds that scoured surface

In looking at NASA images of Mars a few years ago, Brown University geologist Peter Schultz noticed sets of strange bright streaks emanating from a few large-impact craters on the planet's surface.

May 12, 2017

Opportunity Reaches ‘Perseverance Valley’

Opportunity has arrived at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater.

May 12, 2017

Seasonal Flows in Valles Marineris

Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are seasonal flows on warm slopes, and are especially common in central and eastern Valles Marineris, as seen in this observation…

May 8, 2017

NASA Rover Curiosity Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars

As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete the rover's investigation of those dunes.

May 5, 2017

Is Anything Tough Enough to Survive on Mars

Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently took a step toward answering a question for the ages: Is there life on Mars?

May 4, 2017

Japan aims to uncover how moons of Mars formed

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced a mission to visit the two moons of Mars and return a rock sample to Earth.

May 3, 2017

Several drives put opportunity closer to ‘Perseverance Valley’

Opportunity is continuing the drive south to "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater, and is now only about 262 feet (80 meters) away.

May 2, 2017

Engineers investigate simple, no-bake recipe to make bricks on Mars

Explorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet's red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients.

Apr 28, 2017

How Old are Martian Gullies

Gullies eroded into the steep inner slope of an impact crater at this location appear perfectly pristine in this image captured by NASA's Mars…

Apr 27, 2017