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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.

First MDRS Fall 2002 Crew Rotation Nears Conclusion

Los Angeles - Nov 26, 2002 - The first Mars Desert Research Station crew rotation of the fall 2002 season is now nearing its conclusion.

Nov 26, 2002

Where on Earth Is Mars?

Pasadena - Nov 19, 2002 - Among the thousands of visitors to Mt. Etna this year, one group came not just to look at one of most famous volcanoes on Earth. Dozens of scientists trekked up Etna together this fall to observe what Etna has in common with Mars.

Nov 19, 2002

Revealing Chandra image shows Mars glows in X-rays

Huntsville - Nov 14, 2002 - This remarkable image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory image gave scientists their first look at X-rays from Mars. In the sparse upper atmosphere of Mars, about 75 miles above its surface, the observed X-rays are produced by fluorescent radiation from oxygen atoms.

Nov 14, 2002

Mars Rover Takes Baby Steps

Pasadena (JPL) Nov 13, 2002 - Like any travelers worth their frequent flyer miles, the twin rovers of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission must prepare for a long journey. Unlike airline passengers, however, the rovers won't have an attentive flight crew to tend to their needs.

Nov 13, 2002

Hidden Face of Mars Uncovered by Father & Daughter

Denver - Oct 28, 2002 - Ghosts of the most ancient craters in the solar system are materializing on Mars. Using altimeter data from the Mars Global Surveyor and special graphics software, a father and daughter have found the circular outlines of the Red Planet's earliest impact craters and basins -- pounded into what remains of the planet's first crust.

Oct 28, 2002

New Institute Aims To Foster Mars Exploration In 21st Century

Los Angeles - Oct 21, 2002 - Members of the founding Board of Directors of the Mars Institute formally unveiled the new organization today at the World Space Congress.

Oct 21, 2002

Astrium Develops New High Performance Parachute For Beagle 2

Stevenage - Oct 19, 2002 - The Beagle 2 Mars lander passed a key test Friday when Astrium Space conducted a drop test of the parachute system from a balloon platform as the last in a series of comprehensive tests.

Oct 19, 2002

Students to Join NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover-2003 Team

Houston - Oct 18, 2002 - Ever since the first spacecraft rocketed beyond Earth, children around the world have dreamed of exploring space. The LEGO Company and The Planetary Society, the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to the exploration of our solar system, are about to make that dream come true.

Oct 18, 2002

NASA Adds To Mars Global Surveyor Photo Album

Los Angeles - Oct 09, 2002 - One of the highest-resolution images ever obtained from the red planet-- a view of gullies in a crater in the Newton Basin-- is among an astounding group of 18,812 images being added to NASA's Mars Global Surveyor online image gallery today.

Oct 9, 2002

The New and Exciting and Messy Exploration of Space

New York - Oct 08, 2002 - The use of robots to help people has proceeded at a more or less steady clip since the first Unimation Robot was installed on a diecasting operation in the 1950's by the legendary Joe Engleberger.

Oct 8, 2002

Mars Odyssey Releases First Data Archive to Scientists

Pasadena - Oct 08, 2002 - NASA last week released the first set of data taken by the Mars Odyssey spacecraft to the Planetary Data System, which will now make the information available to research scientists through a new online distribution and access system.

Oct 8, 2002

Climate Model For Earth Also Describes Changes On Mars

Providence - Sep 26, 2002 - Orbit affects climate on Mars similar to the way it affects climate on Earth, say three scientists, who used a model of climate change on Earth to explain the layers of deposits in the polar regions of the Red Planet.

Sep 26, 2002

Aurora’s MarsFlyer Takes Next Step Towards Red Planet

Manassas - Sep 26, 2002 - Flying 100,000 feet above the Oregon coast yesterday, a new kind of aircraft demonstrated the readiness of robotic airplane technology for Mars exploration.

Sep 26, 2002

CSA And MDA Seek To Define Mars Mission Contributions

Vancouver - Sep 23, 2002 - Allan Rock, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, announced today the awarding of a $400,000 contract to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) of Richmond, B.C., to support the Canadian Space Agency in defining Canada's contribution to European missions to Mars, and the NASA-led Mars Science Laboratory mission.

Sep 23, 2002

Can Groundbreaker Find A Path To Martian Life

Los Angeles - Sept 21, 2002 - It now appears that Groundbreaker will be the central mission for the US Mars program in the next decade, as the Mobile Geobiological Explorer will be the one for this decade. Just what will accompany it depends on what pathway NASA decides to follow based on the continuing data flow from the next few years' Mars missions.

Sep 21, 2002

Mars Program Facing Collapse

Los Angeles - Sep 16, 2002 - Meanwhile, the other two 2007 Mars missions -- to be flown by France and Italy in direct junior-partner connection with NASA's Mars program -- are also in very serious trouble.

Sep 16, 2002