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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.

Sol 3421: Close Encounter with a Gator

Curiosity is investigating the different surface expressions of the Greenheugh pediment, and the weekend drive put the rover right next to some &quot…

Mar 23, 2022

Drilling into Mars with Lasers

Perseverance is adding a pop of color to Mars' regular repertoire: purple. The color palette of Mars' surface is one of muted hues.

Mar 23, 2022

NASA’s Perseverance rover hightails it to Martian Delta

The rover's self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location.

Mar 19, 2022

A View Filled With Ventifacts – Sols 3417-3418

Our Monday drive was successful, and we are now fully surrounded by the rocks that cap the Greenheugh pediment.

Mar 18, 2022

NASA’s Angie Jackman works to develop rocket that will bring Mars samples to Earth

Right now, some 182 million miles separate the red clay of Alabama from the dusty red planet Mars.

Mar 18, 2022

A Day in the Life of a T-DOC

It takes a team to plan Perseverance's daily activities, including people in many different roles.

Mar 17, 2022

Russian-European Mars mission suspended over Ukraine war

A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars has been suspended due to the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency announced Thursday, as Moscow said it regretted the "bitter" decision.

Mar 17, 2022

NASA extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission

NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September.

Mar 17, 2022

Sols 3414-3416: Progress!

Over the weekend, we completed the planned drive with a relatively easy (by "Greenheugh Pediment" standards) traverse in the pediment.

Mar 17, 2022

MAHLI tries again on Sols 3412-3414 for detailed closeup

Due to an issue with the Sol 3410 and 3411 plans, parts of the Sol 3410 plan didn't execute and the planned drive did not occur.

Mar 15, 2022

Sol 3411: Bonanza

After significant churn in Monday's planning, today turned out to be a single sol's worth of untargeted science.

Mar 11, 2022

Moving right along – slowly but surely during Sols 3409-3410

We are continuing to slowly move through this very challenging terrain - over the weekend we made it about 4 meters before the drive stopped when the rover sensed more difficulty.

Mar 10, 2022

Challenges await sample-return expedition to Mars

Chinese scientists and engineers will need to solve a host of technological challenges to accomplish an ambitious sample-return mission to Mars, said Wu Weiren, a key figure in the country's deep-space exploration program and also a top political adviser.

Mar 8, 2022

Sols 3403-3404: Tiptoe to the Pediment

The terrain continues to challenge us as we make our way up onto the Greenheugh pediment.

Mar 7, 2022

Moon and Mars superoxides for oxygen farming

The dusty faces of the Moon and Mars conceal unseen hazards for future explorers.

Mar 7, 2022

A River Runs Through It: Onward to the Delta

The delta is calling and we must go! With one Earth year in its rearview mirror, the Perseverance rover has been racking up the odometry en route to the site of it's next science campaign.

Mar 7, 2022