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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.

Opportunity Rover Goes Back Downhill

Opportunity is exploring within 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater.

Mar 24, 2016

New Gravity Map Gives Best View Yet Inside Mars

A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet.

Mar 22, 2016

ExoMars probe imaged en route to Mars

The first half of the ExoMars mission began this week with the launch of the Trace Gas Orbiter from Kazakhstan.

Mar 18, 2016

ExoMars on its way to solve the Red Planet’s mysteries

The first of two joint ESA-Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet's atmosphere that could indicate present-day geological - or even biological - activity.

Mar 16, 2016

How the ExoMars mission could sniff out life on Mars

"It (could be) life Jim, but (perhaps) not as we know it." This is not just a sci-fi catchphrase, but also something some planetary scientists have uttered in response to the discovery of methane in Mars' atmosphere.

Mar 16, 2016

Close comet flyby threw Mars’ magnetic field into chaos

Just weeks before the historic encounter of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) with Mars in October 2014, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft entered orbit around the Red Planet.

Mar 15, 2016

Europe’s New Mars Mission Bringing NASA Radios Along

Two NASA radios aboard the European Space Agency's Mars mission are engineered to provide communication relay service for rovers and landers on Mars.

Mar 15, 2016

ExoMars 2016 – The heat is on

Airbus Defence and Space, the world number two in space technologies, has designed and built the two heat shields which will enable the Schiaparelli capsule of…

Mar 15, 2016

Opportunity seeking clay minerals on steeper slopes

Opportunity is exploring steep outcrops within Marathon Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater.

Mar 15, 2016

NASA Selects Scientists for Mars Rover Research Projects

NASA has selected 28 researchers as participating scientists for the Curiosity Mars rover mission, including six newcomers to the rover's science team.

Mar 15, 2016

Rocket blasts off on Russia-Europe mission seeking life on Mars

A joint European-Russian mission aiming to search for traces of life on Mars left Earth's orbit Monday at the start of a seven-month unmanned journey to the Red Planet, space agency managers said.

Mar 14, 2016

Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars

Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft Monday to smell Mars' atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still.

Mar 12, 2016

NASA targets May 2018 launch of Mars InSight mission

NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study the deep interior of Mars is targeting a new launch window that begins May 5, 2018, with a Mars landing scheduled for Nov.

Mar 10, 2016

NASA Announces Winning Concepts to Further its Journey to Mars

NASA has announced the winners of two challenges to create new concepts for construction and human habitation on future space exploration missions, including the agency's journey to Mars.

Mar 10, 2016

Intensive training for Mars voyage

With just days to go before the departure of ExoMars, mission teams are in the final stages of their months-long training that ensures everyone knows their job the moment the mission comes alive.

Mar 10, 2016

Mission to Mars brings Russia and Europe together

Despite the current tensions between Europe and Russia, its business as usual for Roscosmos and ESA on their joint Martian endeavor.

Mar 10, 2016