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Landing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/landing/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 Its down – Landed ! The first images are already being sent back via Odyssey. They are Hazcam images, showing a shadow cast by Curiosity on the Gale surface.
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Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence
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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.
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Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Queering Islam: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2
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Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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21st January 2015 Sol 875
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/21/21st-january-2015-sol-875/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 21, 2015 The MSL science operations have stood down for a few days whilst a software upgrade goes ahead. Soon we will recommence the drilling campaign.
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9th August 2013 Sol 359
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 9, 2013 Here is a map showing close to our current location. We saw a pebble bed similar to what we found near Bradbury Landing on our first drive down Peace Vallis towards Yellowknife Bay.
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17th September 2013 Sol 397
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/17/17th-september-2013-sol-397/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 17, 2013 We are now doing contact science at the Darwin outcrop. The rounded clasts in the NavCam image show that it is conglomerate.
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23rd September 2013 Sol 402
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/23/23rd-september-2013-sol-402/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 23, 2013 This image shows the arm deployed over the conglomerate and veins as we gather more MAHLI data. The shadow from the arm shows how we are operating at near noon, local time at Gale Crater.