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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.

Mars’ thin atmosphere means quieter sounds, new data shows

Data from NASA's Perseverance Rover has given scientists their first clear picture of how sound travels on Mars' surface.

Apr 1, 2021

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover takes selfie with Mont Mercou

At the start of March, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover began approaching an impressive rock formation that scientists dubbed "Mont Mercou," a nickname taken from a mountain in France.

Mar 31, 2021

Researchers discover new type of ancient crater lake on Mars

Researchers from Brown University have discovered a previously unknown type of ancient crater lake on Mars that could reveal clues about the planet's early climate.

Mar 31, 2021

Wright brothers’ wing fragment to take flight again on Mars

A piece of cloth from the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 is set to become part of aviation history again - this time on Mars.

Mar 26, 2021

NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter prepares for first flight

NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.

Mar 24, 2021

NASA’s Mars helicopter may fly as early as April 8

NASA plans to fly its Mars helicopter Ingenuity on the Red Planet -- the first powered aircraft flight on another planet -- as early as April 8, space agency officials said Tuesday.

Mar 23, 2021

Mars helicopter Ingenuity could usher in new era of exploration

NASA's plan to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time in a few weeks could start a new era of interplanetary exploration like the space agency's little Sojourner rover did in the 1990s, according to several experts.

Mar 22, 2021

Mars helicopter Ingenuity completes 22nd flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed its 22nd flight over the weekend, the space agency announced.

Mar 22, 2021

Swiss kids suit up for ‘Mission to Mars’

Leo pulls on a shiny, silver suit and places the helmet gingerly over his head before marching with the other budding astronauts towards their spaceship.

Mar 21, 2021

For some scientists, Mars 2020 is a mission of perseverance

Like millions of people around the world, David Shuster and his 7-year-old daughter cheered wildly as the Perseverance rover was lowered by sky crane to the Martian surface on Feb.

Mar 19, 2021

Trinity researchers tackle the spiders from Mars

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have been shedding light on the enigmatic "spiders from Mars", providing the first physical evidence that these unique features on the planet's surface can be formed by the sublimation of CO2 ice.

Mar 19, 2021

Perseverance captures the sounds of driving on Mars

As the Perseverance rover began to make tracks on the surface of Mars, a sensitive microphone it carries scored a first: the bangs, pings, and rattles of the robot's six wheels as they rolled over Martian terrain.

Mar 18, 2021

Astronauts in crewed missions to Mars could misread vital emotional cues

Living for nearly 2 months in simulated weightlessness has a modest but widespread negative effect on cognitive performance that may not be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravity, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Physiology.

Mar 18, 2021

A Pocket Guide to Mars

A pocket atlas of Mars has been published that uses geographic techniques developed for terrestrial maps to reveal a wealth of information about the surface of the Red Planet, as well as its climate and cloud cover.

Mar 18, 2021

Is there life on mars today and where

In a comment published in Nature Astronomy, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, challenges assumptions about the possibility of modern life on Mars held by many in the scientific community.

Mar 17, 2021

New study challenges long-held theory of fate of Martian Water

Billions of years ago, according to geological evidence, abundant water flowed across Mars and collected into pools, lakes, and deep oceans.

Mar 17, 2021