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  • Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/saturday-5th-august-landing-sequence-1/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 Nominal tones received from MSL. Target location estimated 230 m from centre of ellipse in current trajectory. 10.25 pm Atmospheric entry has occurred.  Now 7 minutes to go. Getting very quiet in the room.

  • Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/saturday-5th-august-landing-sequence/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 10.15 pm. Cruise stage separation successful. Spin down of the aeroshell successful. Nominal ‘heartbeat’ tones from Curiosity. 5.4 km/s and speeding up 6 minutes from atmospheric entry.

  • Sol 0 Monday 6th August

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/sol-0-monday-6th-august/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 The next data relay via Mars Odyssey is at 12.30 am PDT (add 8 hours for BST). We will start the process of checking the instruments.

  • Sol 1 First Image of Mt. Sharp

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/07/sol-0-first-image-of-mt-sharp/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 7, 2012 First Image of the 5.5 km high Mt. Sharp (HazCam), the ultimate target of Curiosity. Two of the Curiosity 50 cm diameter wheels are visible in the foreground.

  • 13th November 2015 Sol 1164

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/11/13/13th-november-2015-sol-1164/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 13, 2015 We are nearing the next major phase of the mission – the Bagnold Dunes campaign.

  • 27th November 2015 Sol 1176

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/11/27/27th-november-2015-sol-1176/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 27, 2015 We have reached the Bagnold Dunes and are driving through a gap. The dark colour is due to the iron and magnesium-rich composition  of the sand grains (minerals like olivine and pyroxene).

  • 28th December 2015 Sol 1206

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/12/28/28th-december-2015-sol-1206/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 28, 2015 The MSL team is taking a break from operations for a few days.  We have dumped the Greenhorn drill tailings and are progressing on the Bagnold Dunes campaign.

  • 17th January 2016 Sol 1226

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/17/17th-january-2016-sol-1226/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 17, 2016 Here is a MastCam image of the scoop taken from the Namib dune. This was taken just prior to closing the scoop and sieving taking place as the turret of the robotic arm was rotated.

  • 29th January 2016 Sol 1238

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/29/29th-january-2016-sol-1238/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 29, 2016 Here is MAHLI’s selfie of Curiosity at work on the Hebron part of the Namib dune. Its a mosaic of 57 images.

  • 11th May 2016 Sol 1337

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/05/11/11th-may-2016-sol-1337/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 11, 2016 Sol 1337 means that we have just reached our second martian year since landing in 2012,  Here is a birthday cake to the mission from the ChemCam team in Toulouse.

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