The new frontier of exploration.

Editorial Team

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.

Russian scientists set sights on space

Russian scientists plan to once again attempt to launch an exploratory mission on the Martian satellite Phobos - the date for the launch of the new probe…

Oct 18, 2013

Russia to Make Second Attempt at Mars Moon Mission

Russia will take a second crack at bringing back dust samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, after an attempt in 2011 ended in the spacecraft crashing back to Earth, a top scientist said Tuesday.

Oct 17, 2013

Mission To Mars: A Critical Step In Space Globalization

India is getting ready to become the fifth country to send a spaceship to Mars. The USA, Russia, the EU, China and Japan are working on their own programs of studying the Red Planet.

Oct 17, 2013

Curiosity rover finds proof of Mars origin of meteorites

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has found evidence confirming some meteors found on Earth did in fact come from the Red Planet, scientists report.

Oct 16, 2013

Martian scars Run Deep

Ripped apart by tectonic forces, Hebes Chasma and its neighbouring network of canyons bear the scars of the Red Planet's early history.

Oct 16, 2013

Russia to make another attempt to bring back Mars moon material

Russia will mount a second attempt to bring back dust samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, after a failed 2011 try, a leading scientist says.

Oct 16, 2013

ESA’s test rover begins exploring Atacama Desert

ESA's test rover has been fitted with scientific instruments and made its first tracks in the sands of Chile's Atacama Desert.

Oct 14, 2013

US shutdown not to hit Indian Mars mission

The partial shutdown of the US government would not affect the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) scheduled for launch Oct 28, the Indian space agency said Saturday.

Oct 14, 2013

Martian settlement site to be printed on a printer

The first human settlers on Mars will use a 3D printer to print dwellings, greenhouses and even cutlery, in short, all they will need to live on the Red Planet.

Oct 11, 2013

Spacecraft snaps dramatic images of giant scar on the surface of Mars

Images from a European spacecraft orbiting Mars have shown in greater detail than ever before a giant chasm ripped open by tectonic forces, scientists say.

Oct 10, 2013

NAU researcher’s closer look at Mars reveals new type of impact crater

Lessons from underground nuclear tests and explosive volcanoes may hold the answer to how a category of unusual impact craters formed on Mars.

Oct 10, 2013

Mars Hand Lens Imager Sends Ultra High-Res Photo From Mars

An instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back to scientists on Earth an ultra high-resolution image of a penny the rover carried to Mars.

Oct 10, 2013

Making Martian clouds on Earth

At first glance, Mars' clouds might easily be mistaken for those on Earth: Images of the Martian sky, taken by NASA's Opportunity rover, depict gauzy, high-altitude wisps, similar to our cirrus clouds.

Oct 8, 2013

European rover meant for Mars to undergo earthly desert test

A proposed Mars rover will undergo its most ambitious test to date in remotely guided explorations of a Mars-like desert in South America, scientists said.

Oct 4, 2013

NASA Mars mission escapes government shutdown, will launch

NASA says it next mission to Mars has been cleared for takeoff amid fears the U.S.

Oct 4, 2013

A Seasonal Ozone Layer Over The Martian South Pole

For the past decade, ESA's Mars Express orbiter has been observing atmospheric structure on the Red Planet.

Oct 3, 2013