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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.

Images of EDL Debris

When Perseverance landed on Mars on February 18, 2021 the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) hardware was discarded onto the surface at a safe distance away from the rover.

Aug 3, 2022

Rocky road ahead still not the good kind: Sols 3548-3550

For this 3-sol weekend plan, I worked as the Tactical Uplink Lead. This morning we came in to discover that the drive had stopped early due to high slip on the steep terrain, and our parking place was not a safe spot to unstow and use the arm.

Aug 2, 2022

Through the Pass We Go Sols 3551-3552

Curiosity is making its way through the stunning "Paraitepuy Pass," the little canyon that runs between the "Deepdale" and "Bolivar" buttes to our east and west, respectively.

Aug 2, 2022

Staring at the Ground: Sols 3546-3547

Today's plan is chock full of goodies! We start out sol 3546 with a ChemCam observation of a sand ripple "Deposito" and an RMI observation of the Bolivar outcrop in the distance.

Jul 29, 2022

Small but Mighty on Sol 3545

Today's team planned a single-sol plan. Our greatest challenge was fitting in all the fantastic science observations and drive distance required during…

Jul 28, 2022

NASA aims to return Mars samples to Earth in 2033

NASA has finished the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program, which is nearing completion of the conceptual design phase.

Jul 28, 2022

NASA marks 25 years since Pathfinder touched down on Mars

When a daring team of engineers put a lander and the first rover on the Red Planet a quarter century ago, they changed how the world explores.

Jul 28, 2022

NASA details plans to bring back Mars rock samples

NASA plans to bring 30 Martian rock samples back to Earth in 2033, the agency said Wednesday -- and is sending two small helicopters to help the mission.

Jul 27, 2022

Sol 3544: Bye-Bye Bolivar

We have come to the end of our detour to image the "Bolivar" butte and are starting back to the MSAR (Mount Sharp Ascent Route). This plan provides…

Jul 27, 2022

Study: Explosive volcanic eruption produced rare mineral on Mars

Planetary scientists from Rice University, NASA's Johnson Space Center and the California Institute of Technology have an answer to a mystery that's…

Jul 26, 2022

Sols 3541-3543: Teamwork? Sure!

Some planning days are more complicated than others, not because Mars throws us a curve ball, that happens, too, as regular readers of this blog will know.

Jul 25, 2022

Laser marking on Mars

If your name begins with "L" you will like this post about the first letter to be laser engraved on Mars.

Jul 22, 2022

Mars dust as a basis for life? no problem for certain bacteria

An international research team led by ZARM scientist Dr. Cyprien Verseux has now identified a cyanobacteria subspecies that seems to be best suited for use in a biological life support system that would allow humans to survive on Mars.

Jul 22, 2022

When Mars throws you a curveball Sol 3539-3540

The rover has been making its way along the "Bolivar" ridge, dodging small boulders and rocks that have apparently eroded off the hillside as seen in the above engineering camera image.

Jul 21, 2022

Mars Express peers into Mars’ ‘Grand Canyon’

The latest image release from ESA's Mars Express takes us over two ruptures in the martian crust that form part of the mighty Valles Marineris canyon system.

Jul 21, 2022

Unequal siblings: Ius and Tithonium Chasma

When NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft reached Mars more than 50 years ago at the end of 1971 and began to explore the planet from orbit, there was initially…

Jul 21, 2022