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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.

• 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.

• 16th April 2014 Sol602

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/16/16th-april-2014-sol602/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 16, 2014 The science team is meeting at the California Institute of Technology this week. One of our tasks is to select a drill site at Kimberley. Meanwhile we are gathering data on our location.

• 24th April 2014 Sol 610

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/24/24th-april-2014-sol-610/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 24, 2014 We have been doing contact science and taking images in order to zero in on our exact drill point at Mt. Remarkable.

• 23rd May 2014 Sol 639

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/23/23rd-may-2014-sol-639/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 23, 2014 This MAHLI image (with a contrast stretch) shows the path ahead towards Murray Buttes and across the dark dunes to Mt. Sharp.

• 14th July 2014 Sol 688

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/07/14/14th-july-2014-sol-688/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 14, 2014 In addition to driving towards the Murray Buttes gap in the dunes, and our path onto Mt. Sharp, we stop sometimes to do contact science.  The image gives an example of what this entails.

• 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.