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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.

Mars Express heading towards daring flyby of Phobos

Late this month, ESA's Mars Express will make the closest flyby yet of the Red Planet's largest moon Phobos, skimming past at only 45 km above its surface.

Dec 25, 2013

Mars One mission: one way ticket to new life

200,000 people from 140 countries have applied for a one-way ticket to Mars. The applicants agreed to stay on the Red Planet for the rest of their lives and be filmed for a reality TV program, according to the company behind the mission, Mars One.

Dec 23, 2013

Curiosity Team Upgrades Software, Checks Wheel Wear

The team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed a software upgrade on the vehicle and is next planning a check of wear and tear on the rover's wheels.

Dec 21, 2013

Mars rover Curiosity gets software upgrade, improved capabilities

NASA says its Mars rover Curiosity has had a technology "tuneup," a software upgrade that will advance the rover's capabilities.

Dec 20, 2013

New Views of Mars from Sediment Mineralogy

The first detailed examination of clay mineralogy in its original setting on Mars is offering new insights on the planet's past habitability, research led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist David T.

Dec 17, 2013

Opportunity Communications Remain Slow Due To Odyssey Issues

Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.'

Dec 17, 2013

Ancient fresh water lake on Mars could have sustained life

Scientists have found evidence that there was once an ancient lake on Mars that may have been able to support life, in research published in the journal Science.

Dec 13, 2013

First Rock Dating Experiment Performed on Mars

Although researchers have determined the ages of rocks from other planetary bodies, the actual experiments-like analyzing meteorites and moon rocks-have always been done on Earth.

Dec 13, 2013

SSTL selected for first private Mars mission

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to carry out a concept study to develop an interplanetary communications system for Mars One, the privately funded project to establish a human settlement on Mars.

Dec 13, 2013

Mars One Selects Lockheed Martin to Study First Private Unmanned Mission to Mars

Mars One has selected Lockheed Martin to develop a mission concept study for its Mars lander spacecraft.

Dec 13, 2013

SwRI scientists publish first radiation measurements from the surface of Mars

In the first 300 days of the Mars Science Laboratory surface mission, the Curiosity rover cruised around the planet's Gale Crater, collecting soil samples…

Dec 13, 2013

The Tough Task of Finding Fossils While Wearing a Spacesuit

Someday, human explorers might momentously discover fossils on Mars, proving that the Red Planet once supported extraterrestrial life.

Dec 13, 2013

NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help

NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions.

Dec 13, 2013

MRO Reveals A More Dynamic Red Planet

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed to scientists slender dark markings -- possibly due to salty water - that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator.

Dec 11, 2013

Mars One spaceflight project ‘can succeed’

A permanent human colony may be established on Mars in the nearest future. Under the Mars One spaceflight project first four Martians are expected to land on the Red Planet already in 2023 and stay there forever as the mission is one-way only.

Dec 11, 2013

Bid to colonize Mars wins high-profile backing

A Dutch entrepreneur's bold quest to colonize Mars won high-profile support Tuesday from a US aerospace giant, although the timetable for putting humans on the red planet has been pushed back two years.

Dec 10, 2013