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• 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.

• 8th May 2014 Sol 624

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/08/8th-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 10th October Sol 64

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/11/wednesday-10th-october-sol-64/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 11, 2012 The camera imaging, ChemCam analyses and scooping are continuing as the small plastic fragment identified to the side of the scoop area is not critical for the arm’s operation.

• 24th March 2014 Sol 580

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/24/24th-march-2014-sol-580/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 24, 2014 We have reached the outcrops of which Kimberley is part of.  After we have done some contact science at our current location ‘Square_Top’ we will move up towards Kimberley itself to prepare for drilling.

• 13th December 2015 Sol 1192

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/12/13/13th-december-2015-sol-1192/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2015 The image shows a MAHLI close up image of the Bagnold dunes sand.  The first striking thing about the mm-size grains is how rounded they are.

• March 3rd 2013 Sol 206

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/05/march-3rd-2013-sol-206/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 5, 2013 No new data or images over the last few sols.

• 28th May 2013 Sol 288

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/05/28/28th-may-2013-sol-288/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 28, 2013 We are holding a ChemCam meeting at the Cite de Espace, Toulouse.  The Cite de Espace hosts an exhibition about Mars Science Laboratory and ChemCam.