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• slc25

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  Emma Bunce Discusses Planetary Missions on 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.

• 24th September 2014 Sol 758

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  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2014 We are drilling at Pahrump (named after an old Shoshone, native American settlement in what is now Nevada).

• 17th April 2016 Sol 1315

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  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 17, 2016 Here is a NavCam mosaic of the Naukluft Plateau.  We are looking around us for the next drill target. A particular feature is searching for, and trying to understand, silica enrichments.

• 6th February 2017 Sol 1602

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  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 6, 2017 We have started the second part of the Bagnold Dunes campaign. This NavCam image shows Bagnold dunes in front of Ireson Hill. This first in the current dunes campaign is Called Mapleton.

• Saturday 5th August Landing Day

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  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 18 minutes to entry We are gathered in Building 321, the Flight Operations Centre. Distance = 7200  km Velocity 17, 400 km/h.

• Wednesday 22nd August Sol 16

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  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 22, 2012 My favourite MSL image so far.  This one shows the extended robotic arm pointing towards the rim of Gale Crater and part of Mt. Sharp on the horizon, where, ultimately, it is heading.

• 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.

• 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.

• Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/26/how-to-train-your-telescope-professor-mark-wilkinson-centenary-inaugural-lecture/

  Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture