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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.

• 6th November 2013 Sol 445

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/06/6th-november-2013-sol-445/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 6, 2013 Curiosity is having a software upgrade this week, so no science operations. We are still at Cooperstown and thinking about the close up images of the outcrop layers.

• 9th September 2016 Sol 1455

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/09/09/9th-september-2016-sol-1455/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 9, 2016 We are heading toward a new drill site at the base of one the the buttes.  These are the landforms that dominate the landscape at this point in the traverse – The Murray Buttes.

• 13th December 2016 Sol 1548

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/12/13/13th-december-2016-sol-1548/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2016 The Precipice drilling campaign has been curtailed because of a drill fault. The MSL rover engineers have been conducting a series of diagnostic tests to determine the cause and to prevent it happening again.

• 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.

• 30th June 2015 Sol 1030

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/06/30/30th-june-2015-sol-1030/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 30, 2015 Planetary conjunction has ended and communication of science results between Curiosity , Mars orbiters and Earth is possible again.

• 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.

• 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.

• 3rd May 2013 Sol 263

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/05/03/3rd-may-2013-sol-263/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 3, 2013 Our first image has come back after conjunction.  Here is the Chemcam remote microimager (RMI) of our titanium calibration target.

• 24th February 2017 – Sol 1620

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/02/24/24th-february-2017-sol-1620/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 24, 2017 We have been examining Ireson Hill and found this unusual 10-15 cm diameter rock- called Passagassawakakeag ! The shape is an almost perfect Dreikanter.