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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.

NASA release ‘tour’ of ancient, wet Mars as YouTube video

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has release a YouTube video it says shows how Mars may have looked 4 billion years ago.

Nov 13, 2013

India Mars mission back on track after engine glitch: scientists

India's Mars spacecraft was "successfully" raised into a higher orbit around Earth early on Tuesday, after a brief engine failure during an earlier attempt, the space agency said.

Nov 12, 2013

Opportunity Maneuvering Around A Dune Field

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

Nov 11, 2013

Curiosity Team Working To Understand First Fault Related Warm Reset

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity experienced an unexpected software reboot (also known as a warm reset) yesterday (11/7/13) during a communications pass as it…

Nov 11, 2013

Prolific NASA Mars Orbiter Passes Big Data Milestone

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has overhauled understanding of the Red Planet since 2006, has passed 200 terabits in the amount of science data returned.

Nov 11, 2013

ExoMars Lander Module Named Schiaparelli

The entry, descent and landing demonstrator module that will fly on the 2016 ExoMars mission has been named "Schiaparelli" in honour of the Italian…

Nov 11, 2013

Indian Mars mission suffers glitch but ‘no setback’

India's Mars spacecraft suffered a brief engine failure Monday as scientists tried to move it into a higher orbit around Earth, but controllers denied any setback to the ambitious low-cost mission.

Nov 11, 2013

Proposed sample-collecting mission to Mars moon could be a ‘twofer’

A sample-return mission planned by Russia to Mars' moon Phobos could sample two celestial bodies for the price of one, a U.S.

Nov 11, 2013

Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity experienced an unexpected software reboot (also known as a warm reset) yesterday (11/7/13) during a communications pass as it…

Nov 11, 2013

Frugal Mars mission launchpad for India in global space market

India's bid to become the first Asian nation to reach Mars sets a new benchmark for frugal interplanetary travel and puts it in a perfect position to grab more of the $300-billion global space market, experts say.

Nov 10, 2013

Indian Mars mission on track, makes first engine burns

India's Mars spacecraft has completed the first of a series of engine firings designed to free it from Earth's gravitational pull and propel it towards the Red Planet, scientists said Friday.

Nov 9, 2013

Mars probe named in honor of 19th century astronomer Schiaparelli

An instrument module set to land on Mars has been named "Schiaparelli" after the 19th century Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, European scientists say.

Nov 9, 2013

Multiple Missions Will Get China Moving On Mars

In early December, China will land its first robot spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.

Nov 6, 2013

Mythbusting India’s Mars Mission

The successful launch of India's Mars Orbiter Mission is a major step forward for an advancing Asian space power.

Nov 6, 2013

India mission to Mars blasts off successfully

India successfully launched its first mission to Mars on Tuesday, aiming to become the only Asian nation to reach the Red Planet with a programme showcasing its low-cost space technology.

Nov 5, 2013

Mars Mission: India’s Tryst with the Red Planet

India's first ever Mars mission would begin its travel towards the Red planet on November 5 .2013. It would take around nine-months of time for this satellite to reach Mars orbit and start taking the observations.

Nov 5, 2013