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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.

Sols 4059-4061: New Year, Old Challenges

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 08, 2024 - Earth planning date: Friday, January 5, 2024: Coming back after the new year celebrations it was my first Curiosity planning as Geology Science Team Lead (GeoSTL) today. Of course, I hoped for an ea

Jan 8, 2024

Sols 4056-4058 Blog: Ringing in a New Year

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 04, 2024 - Earth planning date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024: Curiosity was busy over the holiday break, working independently through 11 pre-planned sols. As Earth transitioned into a new year, dawn broke once ag

Jan 4, 2024

Sols 4045-4055: This Plan is STUFFED

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 31, 2023 - Earth planning date: Friday, December 22, 2023: Many of us over the holidays like to celebrate with friends and family over a lengthy meal, looking back over the year that has been, and forward to t

Dec 31, 2023

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures a Martian Day, From Dawn to Dusk

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 29, 2023 - When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover isn't on the move, it works pretty well as a sundial, as seen in two black-and-white videos recorded on Nov. 8, the 4,002nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The

Dec 29, 2023

Still hanging in there: Sols 4043-4044:

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 26, 2023 - Earth planning date: Wednesday, December 20, 2023: It was a bit of deja vu today as we arrived to find that we weren't successful in getting out of the wheelie. In fact, we're in almost exactly the

Dec 26, 2023

Recent volcanism on Mars reveals a planet more active than previously thought

Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 21, 2023 - A vast, flat, featureless plain on Mars surprised researchers by revealing a much more tumultuous geologic past than expected, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Arizona.

Dec 21, 2023

Sussex research takes us a step closer to sustaining human life on Mars

Brighton UK (SPX) Dec 21, 2023 - Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered the transformative potential of Martian nanomaterials, potentially opening the door to sustainable habitation on the red planet. Using r

Dec 21, 2023

Rocker-Bogie Around the Marsmas Sea: Sols 4041-4042

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 21, 2023 - Earth planning date: Monday, December 18, 2023: On the 4040 sol of Marsmas my downlink gave to me, a faulted drive and a wheelie! That's right, folks, we're popping Christmas-sized wheelies this yea

Dec 21, 2023

Zhurong Rover Unveils Ancient Polygonal Terrain Under Mars’ Utopia Planitia

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 21, 2023 - A team of researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) has made a significant discovery using the Zhurong rover's ground-penetrating radar on

Dec 21, 2023

A Soliday Before the Holidays Sols 4039-4040

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2023 - Earth planning date: Friday, December 15, 2023: Planning can often be a very careful balancing act, and today was certainly no exception. Because we are heading into the weekend, we'd usually get th

Dec 18, 2023

Watch Your Step: Sols 4037-4038

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2023 - Earth planning date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023: With the colder months upon those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, some may be thinking about warmer times ahead, be it the return of spring, or a

Dec 15, 2023

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2023 - Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting valuable samples along the way. Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA's Pers

Dec 13, 2023

A Rinse and Repeat Kind of Plan: Sols 4035-4036

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2023 - Earth planning date: Monday, December 11, 2023: Today's 2-sol plan was a Touch and Go plan, where we do some short science activities (ChemCam and/or MAHLI and APXS) in our workspace early in the

Dec 13, 2023

MAVEN observes the disappearing solar wind

Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 - In December 2022, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected disappearance of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun

Dec 12, 2023

How Rocks Say Don’t Touch: Sols 4032-4034

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2023 - Earth planning date: Friday, December 8, 2023: As we climb through the terrain, which is beautiful to look at with its steep topography, we are on the lookout for all the differences in the rocks. A

Dec 11, 2023

On The Road Again: Sols 4030-4031

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 08, 2023 - Earth planning date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023: We arrived at our previous drill site 'Sequoia' in mid-October. Since then we've celebrated 4000 Sols on Mars, and stayed here for a few extra weeks

Dec 8, 2023