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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.

• 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.

• Monday 24th September Sol 48

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/24/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.

• Wednesday 10th October Sol 64

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  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.

• February 27th 2013 Sol 200

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/27/february-27th-2013-sol-200/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 27, 2013 We now have material within Curiosity for the SAM mass spectrometer and the CheMin X-ray Diffraction.

• 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.

• 26th June 2013 Sol 316

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/26/26th-june-2013-sol-316/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 26, 2013 Curiosity Inspecting Shaler. This HazCam image shows our location at Shaler and the tracks left as we have manoeuvred along the outcrop to look at the planar and cross bedding structures.

• 1st November 2013 Sol 439

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/01/1st-november-2013-sol-439/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 1, 2013 We have driven right up to the Cooperstown outcrop.  The rdige (a few tens of cm high) is composed of a resistant layer of sedimentary 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.

• 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.