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  • 28th September 2014 Sol 762

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/28/28th-september-2014-sol-762/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 28, 2014 Pahrump Hills Drillhole We have completed the mini and main drill holes, at the Confidence Hills locality in Pahrump Hills.  Over the weekend the drill powder is being sieved and transferred to CheMin.

  • 11th November 2014 Sol 806

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/11/11th-november-2014-sol-806/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 11, 2014 Mars Science Laboratory has changed our view of Mars: following the 2 Viking landers of 1976 and the Pathfinder Lander in 1997 we had an idea that Mars was predominantly made of basaltic igneous rocks.

  • 14th March 2016 Sol 1282

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/14/14th-march-2016-sol-1282/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 14, 2016 Today the latest addition to the Mars mission flotilla was launched by ESA and Roscosmos.  Trace Gas Orbiter was launched on a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.

  • Sunday August 19th Sol 14

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/20/sunday-august-14th-sol-14/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 20, 2012 Excellent ChemCam  LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Results) on our first rock.  This means that in addition to imaging data from MastCam we are now getting compositional data.

  • Friday 31st August Sol 25

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/31/friday-31st-august-sol-25/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 31, 2012 We now have a weather report for Gale Crater courtesy of the REM instrument.

  • Wednesday 14th Nov 2012 Sol 98

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/14/14th-nov-2012-sol-98/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 14, 2012 With its APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) instrument on the robotic arm of Curiosity is measuring the composition of rocks and soil at Rocknest.

  • Thursday 29th November Sol 112

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/29/thursday-29th-november-sol-112/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 29, 2012 Our next major task is to select a suitable place for the first drilling operation using high resolution MastCam images that we have been taking.

  • Charter

    https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/charter

    The Charter is the University's principal governing document. It provides a high level, overarching statement of the University's founding purpose and constitution.

  • Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/rutland-mosaic-long-lost-troy-story

    Ancient Historian at University of Leicester reveals that the Rutland mosaic depicts an alternative telling of the Trojan War to Homer’s Iliad, suggesting that Roman Britain was not as isolated from the classical world as assumed

  • Student nurses shortlisted for prestigious awards

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/nursing-awards

    The dedication and commitment of three students from the University of Leicester has seen them shortlisted for some prestigious nursing awards.

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