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• 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.

• Thursday 23rd August Sol 17

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/23/thursday-23rd-august-sol-17-1/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 23, 2012 The team has taken a break as Governor of California visits JPL to hear about MSL.  We also have the first wide angle images HazCam (Hazard Cameras at the front and back of Curiosity) to look at.

• Friday 14th September Sol 38

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/14/friday-14th-september-sol-38/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 14, 2012 The MastCam has finished imaging of different parts of the rover and we are driving again.  On our way to Glenelg we will stop to analyse a basaltic rock.

• 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..

• Thursday 23rd August Sol 17

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/23/thursday-23rd-august-sol-17/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 23, 2012 The team has taken a break as Governor of California visits JPL to hear about MSL.  We also have the first wide angle images HazCam (Hazard Cameras at the front and back of Curiosity) to look at.

• Monday 27th August Sol 21

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/28/monday-27th-august-sol-21/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 28, 2012 One of the types of images from the 17 MSL cameras that we are getting are from the ‘Cam’ bit of ChemCam.

• Wednesday 9th Jan. 2013 Sol 153

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/14/wednesday-9th-jan-2013-sol-153/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2013 Another first for Curiosity’s instruments. We have deployed the brush (which is a rotating implement on the robotic arm) for the first time.

• 1st February 2014 Sol 530

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/01/1st-february-2014-sol-530/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 1, 2014 We have encountered a new sort of landscape, our first sand dune, at a locality we call Dingo Gap.  We will soon see a lot more of these in time as we traverse across to Mt. Sharp.