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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.

Money troubles may delay Europe-Russia Mars mission

Part of a joint European-Russian mission to search for signs of life on Mars may be delayed due to cash flow problems, the European Space Agency said Friday.

Jan 15, 2016

Opportunity Welcomes Winter Solstice

Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

Jan 14, 2016

A Starburst Spider On Mars

Mars' seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to vapor) every spring.

Jan 12, 2016

Rover Rounds Martian Dune to Get to the Other Side

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a…

Jan 6, 2016

Boulders on a Martian Landslide

The striking feature in this image, acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 19, 2014, is a boulder-covered landslide along a canyon wall.

Dec 29, 2015

Marshall: Advancing the technology for NASA’s Journey to Mars

From making rocket engines roar to analyzing the first 3-D printed parts created on the space station and developing new technologies, 2015 was a year of…

Dec 23, 2015

NASA suspends March launch of InSight mission to Mars

NASA has suspended the March 2016 launch of its InSight mission to Mars because of problems with a key scientific component, the US space agency said Tuesday.

Dec 23, 2015

Opportunity positioned on steeper slopes for another Martian winter

Opportunity is inside "Marathon Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

Dec 22, 2015

University researchers test prototype spacesuits at Kennedy

The spacesuits astronauts will wear while exploring the surface of Mars will protect the person inside, supply air and water, and be flexible enough that astronauts can dig samples and do the other tasks required.

Dec 21, 2015

Insight shipped to California for March launch to Mars

NASA's next Mars spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for final preparations before a launch scheduled in March 2016 and a landing on Mars six months later.

Dec 21, 2015

Martian gullies likely contain ‘no water’: study

Months after scientists announced "the strongest evidence yet" of liquid water on Mars, a study Monday said there was none at least in the valleys carved into numerous Red Planet slopes.

Dec 21, 2015

Rocks Rich in Silica Present Puzzles for Mars Rover Team

In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers more questions than answers.

Dec 18, 2015

New Mars rover findings revealed at American Geophysical Union Conference

New findings by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover are the focus of a press conference this morning at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, Calif.

Dec 18, 2015

Opportunity performs a week of robotic arm at Marathon Valley

Opportunity is inside "Marathon Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

Dec 17, 2015

Study finds evidence for more recent clay formation on Mars

Recent orbital and rover missions to Mars have turned up ample evidence of clays and other hydrated minerals formed when rocks are altered by the presence of water.

Dec 15, 2015

Obama warns Islamic State leaders ‘you are next’

US President Barack Obama voiced fresh determination to destroy the Islamic State Monday, vowing to kill the group's leaders and win back territory in the Middle East.

Dec 14, 2015