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  • 5th January 2014 Sol 503

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/05/5th-january-2014-sol-505/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 5, 2014 After the break over the holidays we are back analysing and driving. It is small drives so far.

  • 24th March 2014 Sol 580

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/24/24th-march-2014-sol-580/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 24, 2014 We have reached the outcrops of which Kimberley is part of.  After we have done some contact science at our current location ‘Square_Top’ we will move up towards Kimberley itself to prepare for drilling.

  • 21st August 2014 Sol 726

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/21/21st-august-2014-sol-726/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 21, 2014 As we were performing a minidrill – thats the smaller test hole prior to a large full drill hole – the prongs that keep the turret and drill steady slipped by a small amount..

  • Wednesday 9th Jan. 2013 Sol 153

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/14/wednesday-9th-jan-2013-sol-153/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2013 Another first for Curiosity’s instruments. We have deployed the brush (which is a rotating implement on the robotic arm) for the first time.

  • 1st February 2014 Sol 530

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/01/1st-february-2014-sol-530/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 1, 2014 We have encountered a new sort of landscape, our first sand dune, at a locality we call Dingo Gap.  We will soon see a lot more of these in time as we traverse across to Mt. Sharp.

  • 10th April 2014 Sol 596

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/10/10th-april-2014-sol-596/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 10, 2014 Here is a NavCam image of the Kimberley, with Mount Remarkable the small hill (less than 5 m high) which we are pointing towards.

  • 8th May 2014 Sol 624

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/08/8th-may-2014-sol-624/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 8, 2014 We have succesfully drilled Windjana and transferred the material to the CHIMRA system for CheMin analyses.  Now we will be able to anslyes the tailings by ChemCam and APXS.

  • 14th August 2013 Sol 363

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/14/14th-august-2013-sol-363/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2013 We have put a sample from the Cumberland drill hole into SAM for more isotopic measurements.  The sample had been cached within the robotic arm’s turret.

  • 8th January 2014 Sol 506

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/08/8th-january-2014-sol-506/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 8, 2014 Its Stargazing Live at University of Leicester today.

  • 20th September 2016 Sol 1466

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/09/20/20th-september-2016-sol-1466/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 20, 2016 We have got down a new self portrait of Curiosity from MAHLI.  This shows the Murray Butte number 12 – where we have just been drilling – in the ChemCam mirror.

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