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• 24th February 2017 – Sol 1620

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/02/24/24th-february-2017-sol-1620/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 24, 2017 We have been examining Ireson Hill and found this unusual 10-15 cm diameter rock- called Passagassawakakeag ! The shape is an almost perfect Dreikanter.

• 4th March 2017 Sol 1627

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/03/04/4th-march-2017-sol-1627/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 4, 2017 We are continuing the Bagnold Dunes campaign, with  stops 3 and 4. This NavCam view shows the Curiosity robotic arm for the team’s examination.

• 9th September 2016 Sol 1455

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/09/09/9th-september-2016-sol-1455/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 9, 2016 We are heading toward a new drill site at the base of one the the buttes.  These are the landforms that dominate the landscape at this point in the traverse – The Murray Buttes.

• 4th October 2016 Sol 1480

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/10/04/4th-october-2016-sol-1480/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 4, 2016 This MAHLI mosaic view of Curiosity and Murray Butte no. 12 is where we have just been drilling Quela – the 14th drillhole on Mars.

• 13th December 2016 Sol 1548

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/12/13/13th-december-2016-sol-1548/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2016 The Precipice drilling campaign has been curtailed because of a drill fault. The MSL rover engineers have been conducting a series of diagnostic tests to determine the cause and to prevent it happening again.

• 2nd October 2013 Sol 411

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/02/2nd-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

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/06/6th-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.

• 14th January 2014 Sol 868

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/14/14th-january-2014-sol-868/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2015 We have started the drilling activities at Pahrump (Mojahave outcrop).  This MAHLI image shows that the initial minidrill attempt turned up some unweathered fine grained sediment.

• 23rd February 2015 Sol 907

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/02/23/23rd-february-2015-sol-907/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 23, 2015 Our next drill target is Telegraph_Peak.

• 13th April 2015 Sol 955

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/13/13th-april-2015-sol-955/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 13, 2015 We have left Garden City and are commencing a week of driving.  This also marks 10 km on the odometer, at up to 100 m a day we can travel quite quickly.