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• 5th January 2014 Sol 503

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/05/5th-january-2014-sol-505/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 5, 2014 After the break over the holidays we are back analysing and driving. It is small drives so far.

• 21st August 2014 Sol 726

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/21/21st-august-2014-sol-726/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 21, 2014 As we were performing a minidrill – thats the smaller test hole prior to a large full drill hole – the prongs that keep the turret and drill steady slipped by a small amount..

• 20th September 2016 Sol 1466

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/09/20/20th-september-2016-sol-1466/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 20, 2016 We have got down a new self portrait of Curiosity from MAHLI.  This shows the Murray Butte number 12 – where we have just been drilling – in the ChemCam mirror.

• Tuesday 11th September Sol 35

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/11/tuesday-11th-september-sol-35/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 11, 2012 One of the activities in the next few sols we are looking forward to include using the video facility on MastCam to observe a transit of Phobos across the Sun.

• 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.

• slc25

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  Emma Bunce Discusses Planetary Missions on RAS podcast Posted by slc25 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 October 2020 “I think I would probably go back in time and pick Voyager…“ Our Head of School, and President of the Royal Astronomical Society Prof.

• Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/26/how-to-train-your-telescope-professor-mark-wilkinson-centenary-inaugural-lecture/

  Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture

• 14th August 2013 Sol 363

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/14/14th-august-2013-sol-363/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2013 We have put a sample from the Cumberland drill hole into SAM for more isotopic measurements.  The sample had been cached within the robotic arm’s turret.

• 8th January 2014 Sol 506

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/08/8th-january-2014-sol-506/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 8, 2014 Its Stargazing Live at University of Leicester today.

• 24th September 2014 Sol 758

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/24/24th-september-2014-sol-758/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2014 We are drilling at Pahrump (named after an old Shoshone, native American settlement in what is now Nevada).