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• 17th February 2014 Sol 545

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/17/17th-february-2014-sol-545/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 17, 2014 As we approach a full martian year (669 sols) we have travelled about 5 km.  There is fine tuning to be done on the route to get us relatively quickly to the clay and iron oxide concentrations in Mt.

• Thursday 6th September Sol 30

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/06/thursday-6th-september-sol-30/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 6, 2012 Telescopes on Earth need to measure ‘flat’ and ‘dark’ frames with every set of observations in order to correct for distortions on the telescope mirror and any false detections on the light detector.

• Tuesday 2nd October Sol 56

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/02/tuesday-2nd-october-sol-56/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 2, 2012 We are getting excellent close up images with MAHLI of the rocks underneath us at the rim of Glenelg.  Soon we will pause to scoop a fine-grained sample for our XRD experiment.

• March 30th 2013 Sol 231

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/30/march-30th-2013-sol-231/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 30, 2013 We are now back to full operations after the software problems, and getting in observations prior to the planetary conjunction.

• 12th June 2013 Sol 302

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/12/12th-june-2013-sol-302/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 12, 2013 We are carefully positioning ourselves for Point Lake.

• 14th October 2013 Sol 424

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/14/october-14th-2013-sol-424/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 14, 2013 The noon to pre-dawn temperature variation at Gale Crater can be up to 90 degrees centigrade.   This MastCam image shows the effects of this extreme temperature variation.

• 30th October 2013 Sol 438

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/30/30th-october-2013-sol-438/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 30, 2013 We have now reached Waypoint 2 – Cooperstown, 4 km from our starting point at Bradbury Landing.

• 10th March 2014 Sol 565

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/10/10th-march-2014-sol-565/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 10, 2014 We are having a set of drive-only sols, to reach our next Waypont Kimberley in the next few days.  At Kimberley we may do our third drill hole.

• 1st April 2014 Sol 587

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/01/1st-april-2014-sol-587/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 1, 2014 We have continued with contact science at the Square Top outcrop, with its characteristic striated upper surface, before we drive up to the Kimberley location.

• Thursday 30th August Sol 24

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/30/thursday-30th-august-sol-24/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 30, 2012 We are settled into a daily routine which centres around the data returns from Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.