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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.

‘Spiky’ rovers could explore martian moon

Palo Alto, Calif. (UPI) Jan 2, 2013 - U.S. researches say autonomous rovers exploring moons and asteroids could be a significant step toward a human mission to Mars.

Jan 2, 2013

ARCA will test the parachutes for the ExoMars spacecraft

Paris, France (SPX) Jan 02, 2013 - ARCA and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a 1,1 mil. $ contract for the ExoMars, High Altitude Drop Test - Balloon Flight Services Program (HADT-BFS). During the contract, ARCA will contribute

Jan 2, 2013

Curiosity Rover Takes Detailed Self-Portrait on Mars

Washington (RIA Novosti) Dec 30, 2012 - A series of photos taken by NASA's Curiosity and combined into a single composite picture offer a rare, detailed glimpse of the rover patrolling the surface of Mars on a rocky terrain with its targe

Dec 30, 2012

Russia May Join ExoMars Project in Q1 2013

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2012 - The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) could sign a long-anticipated agreement on Russia's participation in a Mars research project in the first quarter of 20

Dec 28, 2012

Working Through the Holidays

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 28, 2012 - Opportunity is on the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater, positioned at a location called Copper Cliff. Over the long holiday period, the rover has been stationary an

Dec 28, 2012

Opportunity For Some Shoulder Workout At Copper Cliff

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 21, 2012 - Opportunity is working at Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. There, the rover has been conducting in-situ (c

Dec 21, 2012

Clays on Mars: More Plentiful Than Expected

Atlanta, GA (SPX) Dec 21, 2012 - A new study co-authored by the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars th

Dec 21, 2012

Enabling ChemCam to Measure Key Isotopic Ratios on Mars and Other Planets

Fremont CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2012 - On August 6th, 2012 the automatic rover Curiosity landed on Mars. One of the scientific instruments on board is ChemCam, which has a pulsed laser capable of ablating a focused spot on a remote sam

Dec 18, 2012

Curious About Life: Interview with Darby Dyer

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2012 - The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet

Dec 17, 2012

Opportunity Checking Out Some Rocks At Matijevic Hill

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 14, 2012 - Opportunity is located at a place named Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3153 (Dec. 6, 2012), the rov

Dec 14, 2012

Curiosity Rover Nearing Yellowknife Bay

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2012 - The NASA Mars rover Curiosity drove 63 feet (19 meters) northeastward early Monday, Dec. 10, approaching a step down into a slightly lower area called Yellowknife Bay, where researchers intend to

Dec 13, 2012

Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland

Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2012 - The high-resolution stereo camera on ESA's Mars Express imaged the Charitum Montes region of the Red Planet on 18 June, near to Gale crater and the Argyre basin featured in our October and November

Dec 11, 2012

Opportunity Continues Rock Studies

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2012 - Opportunity is located at a place named Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover just finished collecting

Dec 11, 2012

Orbiter Spies Where Rover’s Cruise Stage Hit Mars

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 06, 2012 - During the 10 minutes before the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere to deliver the rover Curiosity to the surface, the spacecraft shed its cruise stage, which had

Dec 6, 2012

Safe Driving on Mars

Boston MA (SPX) Dec 06, 2012 - Matt Heverly doesn't like to make a big deal of his job as the lead driver of the most expensive car in the solar system-NASA's $2.5 billion, two-ton Curiosity rover, which is now roaming the surfac

Dec 6, 2012

Opportunity Rover Does Walkabout Of Crater Rim

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 05, 2012 - The latest work assignment for NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is a further examination of an area where the robot just completed a walkabout. If you are a geologist studying a site

Dec 5, 2012