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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.

Martian salts must touch ice to make liquid water

In chambers that mimic Mars' conditions, researchers have shown how small amounts of liquid water could form on the planet despite its below-freezing temperatures.

Jul 8, 2014

Rover Has Enough Energy for Some Late-Night Work

Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is continuing south along the ridgeline that forms the spine of the crater rim, collecting color imagery of targets and outcrops along the way.

Jul 1, 2014

Curiosity travels through ancient glaciers on Mars

3,500 million years ago the Martian crater Gale, through which the NASA rover Curiosity is currently traversing, was covered with glaciers, mainly over its central mound.

Jul 1, 2014

NASA plans to colonize Mars

NASA may not be planning to put a human on Mars until the 2030s, but the agency's top scientist said colonizing the planet is a key part of its agenda - as well as its search for extraterrestrial life.

Jul 1, 2014

First LDSD Test Flight a Success

NASA representatives participated in a media teleconference to discuss the June 28, 2014 near-space test flight of the agency's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), which occurred off the coast of the U.S.

Jul 1, 2014

New Type of Dust in Martian Atmosphere Discovered

A group of French and Russian scientists, including three MIPT specialists, has discovered a new peculiarity of the Martian atmosphere.

Jul 1, 2014

NASA’s ‘flying saucer’ tests new Mars-landing technology

NASA sent a saucer-like vehicle high into the sky Saturday to test technology for a future Mars landing, but its parachute tangled when deployed and the spacecraft splashed into the Pacific Ocean.

Jun 29, 2014

Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor

With its solar panels their cleanest in years, NASA's decade-old Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is inspecting a section of crater-rim ridgeline chosen as a priority target due to evidence of a water-related mineral.

Jun 25, 2014

Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year with Mission Successes

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year -- 687 Earth days -- on June 24, having accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.

Jun 25, 2014

Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater

On Sol 3684 (June 4, 2014), Opportunity drove over 62 feet (19 meters) south along the ridgeline of the crater rim.

Jun 20, 2014

NASA Invites Comment on Mars 2020 Environmental Impact Statement

NASA is requesting the public and interested organizations to review and comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the agency's proposed Mars 2020 mission.

Jun 20, 2014

Discovery of Earth’s Northernmost Perennial Spring

A Canadian team lead by Stephen Grasby reports the discovery of the highest latitude perennial spring known in the world.

Jun 17, 2014

US Congress and Obama administration face obstacles in Mars 2030 project

Experts in their new report are warning US President Barack Obama about possible failure of NASA project with astronauts reaching Mars in 2030s.

Jun 12, 2014

Opportunity Recovering From Flash Memory Problems

Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater. However, the rover experienced a set of reset events triggered by an error writing to flash memory.

Jun 10, 2014

Big Brother creators to document Mars One mission

The Dutch-based nonprofit Mars One, which aims to establish a human settlement on the Red Planet, has announced that it has signed a deal with Darlow Smithson Productions, an Endemol-owned company, to film its astronaut selection and training process.

Jun 9, 2014

NASA could not deliver humans to Mars

Landing humans on Mars is unattainable for NASA if the space agency's current strategy and level of funding are not modified in the near future, according to a new congressionally-mandated report.

Jun 9, 2014