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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 heading into Marathon Valley

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading into 'Marathon Valley.' On Sol 4072 (July 8, 2015), the rover collected some targeted…

Jul 21, 2015

Celebrating 50 years of Martian imagery

Fifty years ago today, the first image of Mars was beamed back by NASA's Mariner 4. The image, which was followed by 22 others, was first closeup of another planet.

Jul 15, 2015

Curiosity rover finds evidence of Mars’ primitive continental crust

The ChemCam laser instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover has turned its beam onto some unusually light-colored rocks on Mars, and the results are surprisingly similar to Earth's granitic continental crust rocks.

Jul 15, 2015

Never Get Lost on Mars Again With NASA’s New Red Planet Map

An application called 'Mars Trek', which was released by NASA on Friday, lets you explore the red planet from your computer or mobile phone.

Jul 14, 2015

Opportunity Rover’s 7th Mars Winter to Include New Study Area

Operators of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity plan to drive the rover into a valley this month where Opportunity will be active through the long-lived rover's seventh Martian winter, examining outcrops that contain clay minerals.

Jul 9, 2015

Could This Become the First Mars Airplane

When an aircraft makes its first flight on Mars in the 2020s, a NASA Armstrong innovation may have made it possible.

Jul 7, 2015

NASA wants to send microbes to Mars to prepare for human habitation

As NASA considers the possibility of a manned mission to Mars, it may first send another lifeform: microscopic bacteria which could biologically engineer the planet's ecosystem, making it more habitable.

Jul 7, 2015

Opportunity Gets Back to Work

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.'

Jul 7, 2015

Curiosity Mars Rover Studies Rock-Layer Contact Zone

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is examining a valley where at least two types of bedrock meet, for clues about changes in ancient environmental conditions recorded by the rock.

Jul 5, 2015

Curiosity rover back to work, studying rock-layer contact zone

After a few weeks of limited communication with ground controllers, NASA's Curiosity rover is back online and doing some science.

Jul 2, 2015

New plan proposed to send humans to Mars

A new, cost-constrained U.S. strategy to send humans on Mars, could be achieved within projected NASA budgets by minimizing new developments and relying mainly on already available or planned NASA assets.

Jul 1, 2015

Prandtl-m prototype could pave way for first plane on Mars

NASA researchers are preparing to test the prototype that may pave the way for the first plane to fly Martian skies.

Jun 30, 2015

Rover In Good Health After Communication Blackout

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.'

Jun 28, 2015

Rover Remains in Solar Conjunction Communication Blackout

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' We are inside the Earth-Mars Solar Conjunction command moratorium and communication blackout.

Jun 28, 2015

Veteran NASA Spacecraft Nears 60,000th Lap Around Mars, No Pit Stops

NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft will reach a major milestone June 23, when it completes its 60,000th orbit since arriving at the Red Planet in 2001. Named after the bestselling novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C.

Jun 25, 2015

Scientists find methane in Mars meteorites

An international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites, a possible clue in the search for life on the Red Planet.

Jun 22, 2015