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  • 29th January 2016 Sol 1238

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/29/29th-january-2016-sol-1238/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 29, 2016 Here is MAHLI’s selfie of Curiosity at work on the Hebron part of the Namib dune. Its a mosaic of 57 images.

  • 21st January 2015 Sol 875

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/21/21st-january-2015-sol-875/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 21, 2015 The MSL science operations have stood down for a few days whilst a software upgrade goes ahead.  Soon we will recommence the drilling campaign.

  • 11th May 2016 Sol 1337

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/05/11/11th-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.

  • 19th July 2016 Sol 1405

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/07/19/19th-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

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/08/12/12th-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.

  • February 16th 2013 Sol 189

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/16/february-16th-2013-sol-189/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 16, 2013 This image shows the row of 10 laser spots shot by ChemCam in the drill tailings.   This is one of our first analyses prior to the analysis of material by CheMin and SAM.

  • 28th December 2015 Sol 1206

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/12/28/28th-december-2015-sol-1206/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 28, 2015 The MSL team is taking a break from operations for a few days.  We have dumped the Greenhorn drill tailings and are progressing on the Bagnold Dunes campaign.

  • 6th July 2016 Sol 1392

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/07/06/6th-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.

  • 9th August 2013 Sol 359

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/09/9th-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

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/17/17th-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.

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