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• 1st December 2014 Sol 825

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/01/1st-december-2014-sol-825/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 1, 2014 This NavCam image shows a dusty view of Mt Sharp and its layers.  It is a sign that we are very close to summer solstice again.

• 31st December 2014 Sol 854

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/31/31st-december-2014-sol-854/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 31, 2014 We are continuing the Pahrump localities looped drive. MSL is not working full time over the holidays but we had a ‘3-sol’ plan on the 29th December.  I was the Geo Science Theme Lead for the day.

• 8th October 2015 Sol 1128

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/08/8th-october-2015-sol-1128/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2015 This MAHLI image (taken at nighttime and illuminated by LEDs)  shows the precision of the ChemCam LIBS shooting at about 2.5 m distance from the ChemCam on the mast.

• 13th October 2015 Sol 1133

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/13/13th-october-2015-sol-1133/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 13, 2015 Here is the latest selfie – perhaps the best yet. It is from the Big Sky drill site (you can see the Big Sky drill hole and the drill tailings) in the lower left.

• 18th March 2016 Sol 1285

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/18/18th-march-2016-sol-1285/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 18, 2016 One of the ChemCam capabilities is to use its  Remote MicroImager (RMI) to take images of our laser LIBS targets, but also of more distant features.

• 5th April 2016 Sol 1303

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/04/05/5th-april-2016-sol-1303/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 5, 2016 We have just started an MSL team meeting at Caltech in Pasadena, California. We are welcoming new team members and discussing our findings since the last team meeting in Paris.

• 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.

• 4th September 2015 Sol 1094

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/09/04/4th-september-2015-sol-1094/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 4, 2015 This NavCam mosaic shows the Williams outcrop in front of us, which is part of the Stimson unit.

• 11th March 2016 Sol 1278

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/11/11th-march-2016-sol-1278/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 11, 2016 In the last few days we have been finding these rounded cm-sized nodules on eroded faces of the underlying Stimson sandstone.

• Emma Bunce Discusses Planetary Missions on RAS podcast

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/01/prof-bunce-interviewed-for-ras-podcast/

  Posted by slc25 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 October 2020 “I think I would probably go back in time and pick Voyager… “ Our Head of School, and President of the Royal Astronomical Society Prof.