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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.

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now: Sols 4028-4029

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 06, 2023 - Earth planning date: Monday, December 4, 2023: It is not unusual for things to not quite go according to plan when commanding a robotic rover more than 370,000,000 km (233,000,000 miles) away on Mar

Dec 6, 2023

Mapping Mars: Deep Learning Could Help Identify Jezero Crater Landing Site

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2023 - Preparations for a safe landing on Earth, such as finding the most even terrain and equipping the appropriate landing gear, are also crucial for Mars missions. Thus, landing a rover on Mars re

Dec 6, 2023

MAHLI Marathon: Sols 4025-4027

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 05, 2023 - Earth planning date: Friday, December 1, 2023: We have a three-sol plan today packed with many MAHLI observations! MAHLI will acquire images of the Sequoia drill hole, drill hole tailings, CheMin

Dec 5, 2023

Farewell, Solar Conjunction 2023: Sols 4023-4024

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 30, 2023 - Earth planning date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023: Mars has just emerged from its solar conjunction period, when sending commands to all Mars spacecraft was not safe for three weeks since the Red Pl

Nov 30, 2023

Was There Life on Mars

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 30, 2023 - Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the Universe, and searching for life on Mars is a major goal of the Mars 2020 mission. While humans have long wondered

Nov 30, 2023

NASA Orbiter snaps stunning views of Mars horizon

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2023 - Astronauts often react with awe when they see the curvature of the Earth below the International Space Station. Now Mars scientists are getting a taste of what that's like, thanks to NASA's 2001 Mar

Nov 29, 2023

China’s Mars rover detects irregular wedges beneath red planet

Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2023 - Radars mounted on China's Mars rover Zhurong detected 16 irregular wedges buried underneath a vast plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars. A collaborative team led by the researchers from th

Nov 27, 2023

Perseverance’s Parking Spot

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 27, 2023 - The Science Team directed Perseverance to Airey Hill, the parking spot chosen for Solar Conjunction. Although there will be a pause on data during conjunction, team members still analyze all the ima

Nov 27, 2023

NASA uses two worlds to test future Mars helicopter designs

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 24, 2023 - For the first time in history, two planets have been home to testing future aircraft designs. On this world, a new rotor that could be used with next-generation Mars helicopters was recently tested

Nov 24, 2023

California lawmakers ask NASA not to cut Mars budget

Miami FL (UPI) Nov 23, 2023 - A group of California lawmakers on Wednesday asked NASA and Administrator Bill Nelson to rethink the space agency's budget cuts that they believe will cost jobs and scientific advances. In a l

Nov 23, 2023

Spacecraft fall silent as Mars disappears behind the Sun

Paris (ESA) Nov 20, 2023 - The space between Earth and Mars is usually buzzing with science data, telemetry and commands racing to and from almost a dozen missions at the Red Planet. But for roughly one and a half days this N

Nov 20, 2023

InSight seismic data reveals a molten layer at the base of the Martian mantle

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 16, 2023 - The first data from the InSight mission made it possible to determine the internal structure of Mars in a series of papers from the scientific team published in the

Nov 16, 2023

The Long Wait

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2023 - There was a long delay between Flight 52 and Flight 53, and a deviation from the published Flight 53 plan. I will address both in this blog post. First, the Flight 53 delay was the direct result of

Nov 15, 2023

Here Comes the Sun: Perseverance Readies for Solar Conjunction

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2023 - Perseverance wrapped up science activities this week as the team focused on getting the rover in position for solar conjunction, a few week period roughly every two Earth years when Earth and Mars a

Nov 15, 2023

AI Chemist creates Mars-compatible oxygen catalyst from meteorites

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2023 - The dream of colonizing Mars has taken a significant leap forward thanks to groundbreaking research led by scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and the Chinese Acad

Nov 14, 2023

China develops ‘GoMars’ Model for enhanced Mars mission planning

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2023 - Chinese scientists have taken a significant leap in Mars exploration technology by developing a comprehensive numerical model, GoMars, to simulate Mars' atmospheric environment. This advancement i

Nov 14, 2023