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Mars Daily Editorial Team

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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.

Great tilt gave Mars a new face

Paris, France (SPX) Mar 04, 2016 - The surface of the planet Mars tilted by 20 to 25 degrees 3 to 3.5 billion years ago. This was caused by a massive volcanic structure, the Tharsis volcanic dome1, which is the largest in the Solar S

Mar 4, 2016

Space simulation crew hits halfway mark til August re-entry

Honolulu HI (SPX) Mar 04, 2016 - The six crew members of the fourth Hawai?i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS, have spent more than six months of their 12-month mission in a solar-powered dome on the slopes of Mau

Mar 4, 2016

SSL developing robotic sample handling assembly for Mars 2020

Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2016 - Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, has announced it will design and build a robotic Sample Handling Assembly (SHA) for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) thr

Mar 2, 2016

Monster volcano gave Mars extreme makeover: study

Paris (AFP) March 2, 2016 - A volcano on Mars half the size of France spewed so much lava 3.5 billion years ago that the weight displaced the Red Planet's outer layers, according to a study released Wednesday.

Mar 2, 2016

Rover begins contact science of rock target on Knudsen Ridge

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2016 - Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on the very steep slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge.' Opportunity has begun the in-situ (contact) invest

Mar 1, 2016

MAVEN Observes Mars Moon Phobos in the Mid- and Far-Ultraviolet

Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2016 - NASA scientists are closer to solving the mystery of how Mars' moon Phobos formed. In late November and early December 2015, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission made a seri

Mar 1, 2016

Revisit NASA’s Mars Pathfinder and Rover In 360 Viewer

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 29, 2016 - You can explore the landing site of NASA's Pathfinder mission with your mouse or mobile device. This 360-degree view uses images taken in 1997 displayed using present-day technology. It includes the

Feb 29, 2016

Opportunity Mars Rover Goes Six-Wheeling up a Ridge

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2016 - NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is working adeptly in some of the most challenging terrain of the vehicle's 12 years on Mars, on a slope of about 30 degrees. Researchers are using Opportunity

Feb 26, 2016

Footprints of a martian flood

Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2016 - Water has left its mark in a variety of ways in this martian scene captured by ESA's Mars Express. The region lies on the western rim of an ancient large impact basin, as seen in the context map. T

Feb 22, 2016

Jarosite in the Noctis Labyrinthus Region of Mars

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2016 - This image, acquired on Nov. 24, 2015 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the western side of an elongated pit depressi

Feb 22, 2016

Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli are joined

Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2016 - The Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli are now in their launch configuration. The ExoMars 2016 spacecraft will remain united until 16 October, when the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module

Feb 22, 2016

Russia plans return to Mars, Moon despite money woes

Moscow (AFP) Feb 19, 2016 - Visitors are rare these days to the museum of Russia's Space Research Institute in Moscow even though it holds gems like the model of the Soviet Lunokhod, the first ever space rover to land on the Moon, in 1970.

Feb 19, 2016

Opportunity Taking Panoramic Views and Prepping for Science

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 19, 2016 - Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on very steep slopes to reach high-value science targets on 'Knudsen Ridge.' For the past week, Oppor

Feb 19, 2016

NASA to simulate growing potatoes on Mars in Peru

Lima (AFP) Feb 19, 2016 - Do Peru's potatoes have the right stuff?

Feb 19, 2016

Somewhere between Earth and Mars Science Fiction Became Science Fact

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2016 - The little boy screamed at the top of his lungs when Bill Nye, the Science Guy, said standup and speak-up. A cute rambling question was deciphered as, yes, NASA can make you an X-man by an excited D

Feb 16, 2016

Becoming a Martian

Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 10, 2016 - It's 2040, and the human base on Mars is bustling. Robots are moving about, carrying out exploratory missions operated from the base. At a safe distance from the human habitat, powered by a nuclear

Feb 10, 2016