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Mars Daily Editorial Team

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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.

Spirit Set For Another Cold Quiet Winter

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2010 - Spirit is in her winter position, still embedded in the area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate.

Mar 5, 2010

NASA Mars Orbiter Speeds Past Data Milestone

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2010 - NASA's newest Mars orbiter, completing its fourth year at the Red Planet next week, has just passed a data-volume milestone unimaginable a generation ago and still difficult to fathom: 100 terabits.

Mar 5, 2010

Radar Map Of Buried Martian Ice Adds To Climate Record

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 04, 2010 - Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble.

Mar 4, 2010

A Glow In The Martian Night

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - Astrobiology Magazine (AM): Let's talk about the paper you just published in the journal Science.

Mar 3, 2010

Investigating Material Ejected From Young Crater

Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Opportunity Status for sol 2158-2165: Opportunity is located near the very young crater Concepcion. The rover has been investigating the ejecta material around the crater, with some rocks exhibiting a dark rind. On Sol 2158 (Feb. 18, 2010), Opportunity continued the in-situ investigation of the rock target, Chocolate Hills.

Mar 2, 2010

Spirit In Energy Saving Mode

Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Spirit Status for sol 2177-2184: Spirit is in her winter position, still embedded in the area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. Efforts continue to prepare the rover for winter.

Mar 2, 2010

Mars Express Heading For Closest Flyby Of Phobos

Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2010 - ESA's Mars Express will skim the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos on Wednesday evening. Passing by at an altitude of 67 km, precise radio tracking will allow researchers to peer inside the mysterious moon.

Mar 2, 2010

Mars Odyssey Still Hears Nothing From Phoenix

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 02, 2010 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander showed no sign during February that it has revived itself after the northern Mars winter. NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will check again in early April.

Mar 2, 2010

Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars

Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2010 - A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.

Feb 26, 2010

Mars Express To Make Closest Ever Approach To Phobos

Paris, France (ESA) Feb 26, 2010 - On 3 March 2010 Mars Express will make its closest ever approach to Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons. During a series of flybys, spanning six weeks, all seven instruments onboard Mars Express will be utilised to study Phobos. The close approach provides a first opportunity to perform a unique gravity experiment that may reveal the distribution of mass within this intriguing moon.

Feb 26, 2010

More Silence From Phoenix

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 25, 2010 - NASA's Mars Odyssey began a second campaign Monday to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has revived itself after the northern Martian winter. The orbiter received no signal from the lander during the first 10 overflights of this campaign.

Feb 25, 2010

Spirit Hunkers Down For Winter

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 19, 2010 - Spirit is parked for the winter in the embedded area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. Efforts continue to prepare the rover for winter.

Feb 19, 2010

Enhanced 3D Model Of Mars Crater Edge Shows Ups And Downs

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 18, 2010 - A dramatic 3D Mars view based on terrain modeling from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data shows highs and lows of Mojave Crater.

Feb 18, 2010

Two Windows On Ozone: Extending Our View Of The Martian Atmosphere

Paris, France (ESA) Feb 18, 2010 - New measurements of ozone in the atmosphere of Mars are being obtained in a coordinated observation campaign with Mars Express and a Hawaiian-based telescope. The combined observation set covers a longer time period and broader range of regions on Mars than previous campaigns, thereby improving the ability to verify and refine detailed models of the Martian atmosphere.

Feb 18, 2010

Spirit Parks For The Winter

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2010 - Spirit is now parked for the winter in the embedded area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate.

Feb 17, 2010

A History Of Changes In A Mars Crater

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2010 - Near the center of a Martian crater about the size of Connecticut, hundreds of exposed rock layers form a mound as tall as the Rockies and reveal a record of major environmental changes on Mars billions of years ago.

Feb 17, 2010