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19th July 2016 Sol 1405
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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.
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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.
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4th October 2016 Sol 1480
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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April 9th 2013 Sol 240
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/04/09/april-9th-2013-sol-240/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 9, 2013 We have now moved into the Solar Conjunction phase, so there will be fewer operational activities for the next few weeks. We are parked at the John Klein site during this time.
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17th January 2016 Sol 1226
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/17/17th-january-2016-sol-1226/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 17, 2016 Here is a MastCam image of the scoop taken from the Namib dune. This was taken just prior to closing the scoop and sieving taking place as the turret of the robotic arm was rotated.
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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.
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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.