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• 13th June 2016 Sol 1370

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/06/13/13th-june-2016-sol-1370/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 13, 2016 Here is the Oudam drillhole and the nearby dump piles for material that has been analysed by CheMin.

• 2nd November 2016 Sol 1508

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/11/02/2nd-november-2016-sol-1508/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 2, 2016 We have found an iron meteorite – called Egg Rock.  Curiosity was close enough to determine that it is composed of iron, with some nickel.

• Celebrating International Women’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/22/celebrating-international-womens-day/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 March 2021 International Women’s Day 2021 was celebrated on 8 March 2021 with a programme of online events. The wall of women returned to the University in virtual form.

• Leicester Planetary Scientist in BBC Earth Feature on Jupiter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/07/leicester-planetary-scientist-in-bbc-earth-feature-on-jupiter/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 June 2021 Dr. Henrik Melin was interviewed for a feature for @BBCEarth about the greatest of planets – Jupiter. He discusses Juno’s exploration of the giant planet, and highlights some of the latest discoveries.

• 27th October 2014 Sol 791

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/10/27/27th-october-2014-sol-791/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2014 You can see from the inset on this map that we have started driving again, south towards the higher ground, though in small distances compared to some of the long ~100 m drives we did earlier in the mission.

• 14th July 2014 Sol 688

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/07/14/14th-july-2014-sol-688/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 14, 2014 In addition to driving towards the Murray Buttes gap in the dunes, and our path onto Mt. Sharp, we stop sometimes to do contact science.  The image gives an example of what this entails.

• 25th November 2014 Sol 819

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/25/25th-november-2014-sol-819/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 25, 2014 We are continuing our detailed traverse around the Pahrump area. I will be Geo ScienceTheme Lead tomorrow and we aim to do more contact science.  The MastCam image is of Book Cliffs.

• 11th March 2016 Sol 1278

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/11/11th-march-2016-sol-1278/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 11, 2016 In the last few days we have been finding these rounded cm-sized nodules on eroded faces of the underlying Stimson sandstone.

• isabellacaldwell

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/author/ic78/

  A Week in the World of Waugh Posted by isabellacaldwell in Waugh and Words on July 18, 2014 When journeying to Leicester on Monday morning, I was somewhat daunted by the prospect of the future week, a week where I would be experiencing the working life of the research...

• Modern scientist vs. 1600s scientist: Moon landings

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/02/14/modern-scientist-vs-1600s-scientist-moon-landings/

  Modern planetary scientist Dr Suzie Imber critiques John Wilkins's incredible 17th c. book on space travel