Search
-
March 20th 2013 Sol 221
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun. This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.
-
25th March 2015 Sol 936
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/03/25/25th-march-2015-sol-936/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 25, 2015 This MAHLI image (field of view about 20 cm) shows how water has travelled through the Garden City mudstone rock. It has left trails in veins – probably of gypsum or a similar mineral.
-
29th October 2015 Sol 1148
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/29/29th-october-2015-sol-1148/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 29, 2015 We have completed another drill so that we now have the Big Sky and Greenhorn drill holes. As the team becomes more experienced we are getting quicker at producing drillholes and so we can get more analyses.
-
Does it matter if your PhD Certificate includes the topic of your research?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/09/05/does-it-matter-if-your-phd-certificate-includes-the-topic-of-your-research/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 5, 2017 Sitting in a meeting recently I learned that University of Leicester PhD certificates do not include a title or descriptor of the research topic. Just PhD Leicester.
-
Goldilocks on Trial
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/legalliteracy/2014/03/14/goldilocks-on-trial/
Posted by Dawn Watkins in Legal Literacy on March 14, 2014 This was the last visit of our students’ five visits to St Peter’s School, focusing this time on aspects of the criminal law trial process.
-
29th August 2013 Sol 378
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/29/29th-august-2013-sol-378/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2013 We are now about 300 m from Waypoint1. That is one of the stopping off points on the way to the clay-rich horizon of Mt. Sharp.
-
28th October 2013 Sol 436
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/28/28th-october-2013-sol-436/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 28, 2013 Today is a soliday on Mars and no science activities. We are parked close to our next Waypoint called Cooperstown.
-
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.