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• 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.

• 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.

• 24th March 2014 Sol 580

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/24/24th-march-2014-sol-580/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 24, 2014 We have reached the outcrops of which Kimberley is part of.  After we have done some contact science at our current location ‘Square_Top’ we will move up towards Kimberley itself to prepare for drilling.

• 27th April 2015 Sol 968

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/27/27th-april-2015-sol-968/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 27, 2015 We are situated at Mt. Shields, having driven along Logan’s Run.  I am Geo Science team Lead today, and we are preparing a 2 sol plan.

• 22nd September 2015 Sol 1112

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/09/22/22nd-september-2015-sol-1112/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 22, 2015 I have been Geo Science Theme Lead GSTL for the last two sol plan (sols 1112-1113). One of the main topics we have been discussing is where to drill next.

• 24th September 2014 Sol 758

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/24/24th-september-2014-sol-758/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2014 We are drilling at Pahrump (named after an old Shoshone, native American settlement in what is now Nevada).

• 17th April 2016 Sol 1315

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/04/17/17th-april-2016-sol-1315/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 17, 2016 Here is a NavCam mosaic of the Naukluft Plateau.  We are looking around us for the next drill target. A particular feature is searching for, and trying to understand, silica enrichments.

• 21st December 2016 Sol 1556

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/12/21/21st-december-2016-sol-1556/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 21, 2016 I am Geo-Min Science theme lead for todays plan.  As usual after 4 years of operations we are doing 3 sols of planning at one go.

• 19th January 2017 Sol 1584

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/01/19/19th-january-2017-sol-1584/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 19, 2017 We have found another (the 4th) meteorite.  The fist sized sample called Ames_Knob – which was analysed by ChemCam – turns out to be composed of Fe and Ni metal.

• 14th August 2013 Sol 363

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/14/14th-august-2013-sol-363/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2013 We have put a sample from the Cumberland drill hole into SAM for more isotopic measurements.  The sample had been cached within the robotic arm’s turret.