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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.

First light for ExoMars

The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars spacecraft are in excellent health following launch last month, with the orbiter sending back its first test image of a starry view taken en route to the Red Planet.

Apr 15, 2016

First joint EU-Russian ExoMars mission to reach Mars orbit Oct 16

The first ever joint project between the European Union and Russia on the search for life on Mars - the ExoMars spacecraft- will reach Mars' orbit on October 16, the head of Roscosmos State Corporation said.

Apr 13, 2016

Ancient Mars bombardment likely enhanced life-supporting habitat

The bombardment of Mars some 4 billion years ago by comets and asteroids as large as West Virginia likely enhanced climate conditions enough to make the planet more conducive to life, at least for a time, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

Apr 6, 2016

Opportunity’s Devilish View from on High

From its perch high on a ridge, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this image of a Martian dust devil twisting through the valley below.

Apr 6, 2016

Help keep heat on Mars Express through data mining

Mars Express has been orbiting the Red Planet for 12 years. While its controllers know the spacecraft inside out, additional valuable insights may well be…

Apr 6, 2016

Mars Longevity Champion Launched 15 Years Ago

The NASA spacecraft that was launched 15 years ago this week carried the name 2001 Mars Odyssey and the hopes for reviving a stymied program of exploring the Red Planet.

Apr 6, 2016

Scientists find Mars surface replica in India

Why wait for a million-dollar ticket to Mars when you can have an inter-planetary experience a la Oscar nominated blockbuster "The Martian" right here in India?

Apr 5, 2016

Scientists study gypsum to better understand water on Mars

A new explanation of how gypsum forms may change the way we process this important building material, as well as allow us to interpret past water availability on other planets such as Mars.

Apr 5, 2016

Rover takes on steepest slope ever tried on Mars

NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is driving to an alternative hillside target after a climb on the steepest slope ever tackled by any Mars rover.

Apr 4, 2016

Martian winds slowly build enormous mounds over billions of years

New research has found that wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years.

Apr 1, 2016

‘Mixed Reality’ Technology Brings Mars to Earth

What might it look like if you were walking around on Mars? A group of researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, has been…

Apr 1, 2016

Opportunity moves to new locations to the southwest

Opportunity is exploring the south side of 'Marathon Valle' located on the rim of Endeavour crater.

Mar 28, 2016

HiRISE: 45,000 Mars Orbits and Counting

True to its purpose, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, the spacecraft that began orbiting Mars a decade ago, has delivered huge advances in knowledge about the Red Planet.

Mar 28, 2016

Mars Express keeps watch on frosty Martian valleys

Nestled within the fractured rim of a vast impact basin on Mars are valley floors dusted in frost.

Mar 28, 2016

NASA: Manned mission to Mars still ‘long way’ off

Though still 20-plus years in the offing, NASA officials say their first manned mission to Mars would aim to create a permanent operations base that could be revisited.

Mar 26, 2016

ExoMars performing flawlessly

Following a spectacular liftoff, ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is performing flawlessly en route to the Red Planet.

Mar 24, 2016