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  • Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/saturday-5th-august-landing-sequence/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 10.15 pm. Cruise stage separation successful. Spin down of the aeroshell successful. Nominal ‘heartbeat’ tones from Curiosity. 5.4 km/s and speeding up 6 minutes from atmospheric entry.

  • 4th March 2017 Sol 1627

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/03/04/4th-march-2017-sol-1627/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 4, 2017 We are continuing the Bagnold Dunes campaign, with  stops 3 and 4. This NavCam view shows the Curiosity robotic arm for the team’s examination.

  • Friday 14th December Sol 127

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/14/friday-14th-december-sol-127/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 14, 2012 Some of the most extraordinary MastCam images so far.  We are seeing finely layered, continuous beds, with some cross bedded layers.

  • 1st May 2014 Sol 618

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/01/1st-may-2014-sol-618/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 1, 2014 Here is a MastCam image of drilling in progress. This is the first ‘minidrill’ hole at Windjana.  You can see that Red Mars is only a very thin layer on the planet.

  • 5th August 2014 Sol 710

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/05/5th-august-2014-sol-710/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2014 We are moving into a new sort of terrain as we enter Hidden Valley.  On this HiRISE image and the inset MAHLI image you can see the sand ripples that we are traversing.

  • 15th August 2014 Sol 720

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/15/15th-august-2014-sol-720/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 15, 2014 We have retraced our tracks in Hidden Valley, going back to a site called Bonanza_King.

  • 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.

  • 28th December 2015 Sol 1206

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/12/28/28th-december-2015-sol-1206/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 28, 2015 The MSL team is taking a break from operations for a few days.  We have dumped the Greenhorn drill tailings and are progressing on the Bagnold Dunes campaign.

  • 19th July 2016 Sol 1405

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/07/19/19th-july-2016-sol-1405/

    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.

  • 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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