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Guide Dog calendar to raise money for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/guide-dog-calendar-to-raise-money-for-charity
The Students’ Union resident Guide Dog puppy, Vinnie, will be at the launch of a new Guide Dog 2016 calendar, featuring Vinnie himself and two of his puppy friends from 2pm to 4pm in Queen’s Hall Foyer on Wednesday 2 December.
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February 10th Sol 182
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/10/february-10th-sol-182/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 10, 2013 The latest drilling has gone to 6 cm depth and we will use this for CheMin and SAM analyses.
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14th March 2016 Sol 1282
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/14/14th-march-2016-sol-1282/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 14, 2016 Today the latest addition to the Mars mission flotilla was launched by ESA and Roscosmos. Trace Gas Orbiter was launched on a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
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Friday 31st August Sol 25
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/31/friday-31st-august-sol-25/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 31, 2012 We now have a weather report for Gale Crater courtesy of the REM instrument.
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30th June 2015 Sol 1030
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/06/30/30th-june-2015-sol-1030/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 30, 2015 Planetary conjunction has ended and communication of science results between Curiosity , Mars orbiters and Earth is possible again.
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March 14th 2013 Sol 215
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/14/march-14th-2013-sol-215/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 14, 2013 The results from our drill hole are showing that the John Kein rocks include mudstone, with about 20% of it composed of a clay called smectite.
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Caribbean Takeaway Takeover
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/20/caribbean-takeaway-takeover/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2022 Caribbean Takeaway Takeover: Identities and Stories Oral histories of ten Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s-1960s, have been...
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19th August 2014 Sol 724
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/19/19th-august-sol-724/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 19, 2014 We have started the condensed drilling procedures at Bonanza_King, having driven back out of Hidden Valley and its sandy deposits, to take another route.
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Sally Kyd
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/sally-kyd
Sally joined the University of Leicester as an undergraduate, studied here for her PhD, joined the teaching staff, was appointed Professor – and eventually became the first female Head of Leicester Law School.
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1st September 2014 Sol 736
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/01/1st-september-2014-sol-736/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 1, 2014 We are in an uneven area of terrain with sand-filled hollows so we have changed direction, out of Hidden Valley and via Trilobite Crater. The rover planners ‘RP’s’ are cautious about slippage in sand.