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  • 11th November 2014 Sol 806

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 11, 2014 Mars Science Laboratory has changed our view of Mars: following the 2 Viking landers of 1976 and the Pathfinder Lander in 1997 we had an idea that Mars was predominantly made of basaltic igneous rocks.

  • Sunday August 19th Sol 14

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 20, 2012 Excellent ChemCam  LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Results) on our first rock.  This means that in addition to imaging data from MastCam we are now getting compositional data.

  • 25th March 2015 Sol 936

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 25, 2015 This MAHLI image (field of view about 20 cm) shows how water has travelled through the Garden City mudstone rock.  It has left trails in veins – probably of gypsum or a similar mineral.

  • Celebrating Diwali 2022

    The School of Physics and Astronomy were pleased to bring back the complimentary food tasting of traditional Diwali snacks and sweets as part of the Diwali celebrations.

  • 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.

  • March 20th 2013 Sol 221

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun.  This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.

  • 29th August 2013 Sol 378

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2013 We are now about 300 m from Waypoint1.  That is one of the stopping off points on the way to the clay-rich horizon of Mt. Sharp.

  • 28th October 2013 Sol 436

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 28, 2013 Today is a soliday on Mars and no science activities.  We are parked close to our next Waypoint called Cooperstown.

  • Roger Irwin

    DPhil student in English - Linacre College, Oxford University

  • Monday 20th August Sol 15

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 21, 2012 The robotic arm has been moved for the first time.  This is the 70 kg instrument which carries the X-ray spectrometer and close up imager MAHLI.

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