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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 6th July 2016 Sol 1392

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 6, 2016 No current  photos because MSL has gone into safe mode for the last few days due to a software glitch. That means we wont get images or much data back for a few days.

  • 19th July 2016 Sol 1405

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 19, 2016 MSL is back and working as normal. This MastCam picture shows that even at this early stage of the dust season (ls = 190 ie we haven’t reached perihelion of Mars orbit yet) the crater rim is becoming obscured.

  • 12th August 2016 Sol 1428

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 12, 2016 Our latest drill hole – Marimba – has a distinctly reddish colour.  This probably means it has a lot of ferric oxide in it.

  • 9th August 2013 Sol 359

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2nd October 2013 Sol 411

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 2, 2013 Mars Science Laboratory is having a team meeting at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California.

  • 6th November 2013 Sol 445

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 6, 2013 Curiosity is having a software upgrade this week, so no science operations. We are still at Cooperstown and thinking about the close up images of the outcrop layers.

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