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  • Exoplanets and their Origins – Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture

    Exoplanets and their Origins - Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture

  • 9th October 2014 Sol 774

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 9, 2014 This is a night time MAHLI image of the Pahrump drillhole , illuminated by the LEDs.

  • Monday 24th September Sol 48

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2012 Mankind versus Machine #3 We visit the Mars Yard in JPL where the Curiosity engineering model is tested over rocky terrains.

  • 19th August 2014 Sol 724

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 19, 2014 We have started the condensed drilling procedures at Bonanza_King, having driven back out of Hidden Valley and its sandy deposits, to take another route.

  • 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

    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.

  • 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

    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.

  • 8th May 2014 Sol 624

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 8, 2014 We have succesfully drilled Windjana and transferred the material to the CHIMRA system for CheMin analyses.  Now we will be able to anslyes the tailings by ChemCam and APXS.

  • Wednesday 22nd August Sol 16

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 22, 2012 My favourite MSL image so far.  This one shows the extended robotic arm pointing towards the rim of Gale Crater and part of Mt. Sharp on the horizon, where, ultimately, it is heading.

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