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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 21st October 2013 Sol 429

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/21/21st-october-2013-sol-429/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 21, 2013 We are now just a few more sols from the second waypoint.

• 25th November 2014 Sol 819

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/25/25th-november-2014-sol-819/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 25, 2014 We are continuing our detailed traverse around the Pahrump area. I will be Geo ScienceTheme Lead tomorrow and we aim to do more contact science.  The MastCam image is of Book Cliffs.

• 29th November 2016 Sol 1534

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/11/29/29th-november-2016-sol-1534-1/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 29, 2016 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.

• Astrophysics Seminar 3pm Wednesday 10th November

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/08/astrophysics-seminar-3pm-wednesday-10th-november/

  Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2021 Freeke van der Voort (Cardiff) A remote talk on Teams describing the distribution of r-process elements in simulations of Milky-Way-sized galaxies.

• Modern scientist vs. 1600s scientist: Moon landings

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/02/14/modern-scientist-vs-1600s-scientist-moon-landings/

  Modern planetary scientist Dr Suzie Imber critiques John Wilkins's incredible 17th c. book on space travel

• 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.