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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.

One-way ticket to Mars: space colonists wanted!

Bas Lansdorp, the founder of Mars One colony project, believes that in about a decade from now a colony of people from the Earth will appear on Mars.

Dec 10, 2013

Opportunity ascending Solander Point at rim of Endeavour Crater

The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production.

Dec 10, 2013

Rover results include first age and radiation measurements on Mars

The U.S. space rover Curiosity is providing critical information about Mars' past and present to help plan future missions, NASA officials said.

Dec 9, 2013

Mars lake may have been friendly to microbes: NASA

A US space agency rover tooling around on the surface of Mars has found remnants of an ancient freshwater lake that may have supported tiny life forms, scientists said Monday.

Dec 9, 2013

Mangalyaan Reaches First Distance Milestone On Route To Mars

Indian's first Mars Orbiter Mission - Mangalyaan - might be a long way from its target, but it has already gone further than any spacecraft India has previously launched.

Dec 7, 2013

Martian Laser Surpasses 100,000 Zaps

The ChemCam laser instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity rover fired its 100,000th shot recently, chronicling its adventures on Mars with a…

Dec 7, 2013

Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop

Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production.

Dec 5, 2013

MAVEN Performs First Trajectory Correction Maneuver

MAVEN mission controllers performed a successful trajectory correction maneuver, also known as a TCM.

Dec 5, 2013

ExoMars program marks critical milestone for ESA and Russia

Cooperation with Russia comprises practically all areas of the European Space Agency's (ESA) space activities.

Dec 4, 2013

Deep Space Perils For Indian Spacecraft

There's no turning back. India's Mars Orbiter Mission has left Earth orbit and is heading for the red planet.

Dec 1, 2013

Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed full science operations on Saturday, Nov.

Nov 27, 2013

How Habitable Is Mars? A New View of the Viking Experiments

Almost 40 years ago, two NASA probes on the surface of Mars scooped the soil in search of signs of microbes.

Nov 25, 2013

Unusual greenhouse gases may have raised ancient Martian temperature

Much like the Grand Canyon, Nanedi Valles snakes across the Martian surface suggesting that liquid water once crossed the landscape, according to a team of researchers who believe that molecular hydrogen made it warm enough for water to flow.

Nov 25, 2013

Winter Means Less Power for Solar Panels

Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production.

Nov 25, 2013

Billionaire eyes private Mars mission in 2017

Billionaire Dennis Tito has revealed his scheme for dispatching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017, saying that 'rare alignments' of planets should be exploited as the context of the project.

Nov 25, 2013

Research uncovers secrets of Mars’ birth from unique meteorite

As NASA prepares to launch a new Martian probe, a Florida State University scientist has uncovered what may be the first recognized example of ancient Martian crust.

Nov 22, 2013