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• Vere Rubin Ridge approach up slope

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/05/30/30th-may-2017-sol-1711/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 30, 2017 This Navigation camera image gives  feel for the slopes of Aeolis Mons that we are climbing now.  Daily drives often now ascend ~2 m and we have more battery recharging days.

• 24th July 2017 Sol 1765 Solar Conjunction

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/07/24/24th-july-2017-sol-1765-solar-conjunction/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 24, 2017 No new photos from Mars Science laboratory. Why? We have reached Solar Conjunction – this is the time in the planets’ orbits when Mars is obscured from the Earth by the Sun.

• 12th September 2017 Sol 1814 – Curiosity’s View Across Gale Crater

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/09/12/12th-september-2017-sol-1814-curiositys-view-across-gale-crater/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 12, 2017 View from Vera Rubin Ridge   The Curiosity Rover has reached an elevation of 300 metres above our landing site.

• Doctoral Inaugural Lecture by Dr. Sam Turnpenney

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/27/doctoral-inaugural-lecture-by-dr-sam-turnpenney/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 September 2021 On Wednesday starting at 5pm, Sam Turnpenney, an alumni of Physics, is one of two recent graduates presenting their Doctoral Inaugural Lecture.

• 19th Octobe 2016 Sol 1495

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/10/19/19th-octobe-2016-sol-1495/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 19, 2016 Curiosity has been drilling at Sabina as we continue our Murray formation investigations. Meanwhile Trace Gas Orbiter has successfully been placed in orbit.

• Winchcombe Meteorite on BBC East Midlands

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/01/13/winchcombe-meteorite-on-bbc-east-midlands/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 January 2023 PhD student Niamh Topping on BBC East Midlands last night discussing findings from research taking place into the Winchcombe meteorite fall. You can watch the footage below.

• Sunday 16th September Sol 40

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/16/sunday-16th-september-sol-40/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 16, 2012 As we move forward we are making remarkable new discoveries.  There is a palpable air of excitement in the Science Discussions as the MastCam images appear.

• 18th July 2013 Sol 337

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/18/18th-july-2013-sol-337/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 18, 2013 We are getting into the new routine of driving e.g. 30 or 40 m per day together with science observations, in particular from the mast instruments.

• Monday 13th August Sol 7

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/13/monday-13th-august-sol-7-1/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 13, 2012 In a recent paper led by my collaborator Dr Susanne Schwenzer and with a number of MSL scientists as co authors we outlined a scenario whereby heating related to the impact 4 billion years ago caused...

• Thursday 16th August Sol 11

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/17/thursday-16th-august-sol-11/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 17, 2012 We have now completed 12 sols of work on Mars.  Our work has been split into a combination of instrument checking, starting to look at the new data, particularly the MastCam images, and planning ahead.