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• 29th November 2016 Sol 1534

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/1970/01/01/29th-november-2016-sol-1534/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 1, 1970 We have started our 19th drill or scoop.  Curiosity now aims to drill at regular elevation intervals (25 m) as we progress up through the Murray formation.

• Sunday 5th August. Landing Day.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/05/sunday-5th-august-landing-day/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2012 I get up to a beautiful day in California with humming birds feeding and clear views of the San Gabriel Mountains. We will have a final MSL team briefing  tonight at 9 pm PDT.

• Monday 13th August Sol 7

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/12/monday-13th-august-sol-7/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 12, 2012 One of the things that Curiosity carries is 1.2 million names from 246 countries together with student essays and letters from  the jpl engineers who constructed Curiosity.

• Tuesday August 14th Sol 9

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/14/tuesday-august-14th-sol-9/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2012 Barack Obama talked to the JPL engineering team yesterday and everyone else watched a video link of this.

• 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.

• Thursday 20th December Sol 133

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/20/thursday-20th-december-sol-133/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 20, 2012 Curiosity and its team will soon take a break over the Christmas holidays .  However in the meantime we are using the opportunity to examine different parts of Yellowknife and its rocks.

• 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.

• 20th May 2013 Sol 280

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/05/20/20th-may-2013-sol-280/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 20, 2013 Here is a MAHLI image of our second drill hole at Cumberland.  Like the first drill hole it shows the difference between the reddish uppermost surface of Mars and what lies underneath.

• July 5th 2013 Sol 324

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/05/july-5th-2013-sol-324/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 5, 2013   I am visiting the French ChemCam HQ in the CNRS lab based in Toulouse.  Some of the development of ChemCam was done by the group here.