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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.

New Project Aims to Establish a Human Colony on Mars

MarsPolar is setting its sights on the Red Planet. The project consisting of specialists from Russia, United Arab Emirates, Poland, U.S.

May 27, 2015

UAE eyes first Arab unmanned probe to Mars by 2021

The United Arab Emirates on Monday kicked off a strategic framework for its newly founded space agency that aims to launch satellite missions and the &quot…

May 26, 2015

Could ‘Green Rust’ Be A Catalyst For Martian Life?

Mars is a large enough planet that astrobiologists looking for life need to narrow the parameters of the search to those environments most conducive to habitability.

May 26, 2015

Curiosity Rover Adjusts Route Up Martian Mountain

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover climbed a hill Thursday to approach an alternative site for investigating a geological boundary, after a comparable site proved hard to reach.

May 26, 2015

UAE gears up for Mars mission

The state-owned Masdar Institute of Science and Technology has set up a team of researchers in order to support the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to achieve its…

May 26, 2015

Rover Restored to Normal Operations After a Reset

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' The rover had been exploring the outcrops inside the Spirit of St.

May 26, 2015

New Project Aims to Establish a Human Colony on Mars

MarsPolar, a newly started international venture is setting its sights on the Red Planet.

May 26, 2015

Is the Curiosity rover polluting Mars with methane?

Methane readings on Mars are once again sparking scientific controversy back on Earth.

May 26, 2015

Mars Rover’s Laser-Zapping Instrument Gets Sharper Vision

Tests on Mars have confirmed success of a repair to the autonomous focusing capability of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.

May 26, 2015

Martian Reminder of a Pioneering Flight

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is studying an elongated crater called "Spirit of St.

May 25, 2015

Martian impact crater or supervolcano caldera

At first glance, the region covered by this latest Mars Express image release appears to be pockmarked with impact craters.

May 25, 2015

The First Martian Marathon

On Earth, the fastest runners can finish a marathon in hours. On Mars it takes about 11 years.

May 20, 2015

Exploring the ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ Crater

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' The rover had been exploring the outcrops inside the Spirit of St.

May 20, 2015

Flawed Debates begets false choices beyond LEO – Part Two

New technologies allow us to go back to the Moon at a fraction the cost of Apollo, and now, even private efforts like the Google X Prize contestants are underway to land and execute exploration missions there.

May 20, 2015

The Moon or Mars: Flawed Debate, False Choice – Part One

The Moon or Mars debate continues despite every single report or recommendation from NASA, NRC or other independent study that point to the Moon as the next logical destination for human space exploration and settlement.

May 20, 2015

Technique for finding signs of life on the Red Planet

For centuries, people have imagined the possibility of life on Mars. But long-held dreams that Martians could be invaders of Earth, or little green men, or…

May 18, 2015