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• 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.

• March 7th 2013 Sol 208

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/07/march-7th-2013-sol-210/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 7, 2013 A natural hazard for all spacecraft, including MSL, is currently at Mars.  On March 5th there was a large solar flare or ‘Coronal Mass Ejection’.

• 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.

• Monday 20th August Sol 15

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/21/monday-20th-august-sol-15/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 21, 2012 The robotic arm has been moved for the first time.  This is the 70 kg instrument which carries the X-ray spectrometer and close up imager MAHLI.

• Sunday 9th September Sol 34

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/10/sunday-9th-september-sol-34/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 10, 2012 Just like in a terrestrial laboratory we have to analyse standards of known composition.

• Thursday 4th October Sol 58

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/05/thursday-4th-october-sol-58/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 5, 2012   Previous missions suggest that the ‘soil’ on Mars is roughly basaltic in composition.  However, on Earth sand is mainly composed of quartz (silica).

• Sunday 7th October Sol 61

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/sunday-7th-october-sol-61-1/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 One of the major challenges in preparing a spacecraft for Mars is ensuring that the chemical analyses made by the instruments, in particular for the SAM mass spectrometer are not contaminated by material...

• 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.

• Sparkenhoe School Direct

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/lead-partners/sparkenhoe

  Find out more about Sparkenhoe Community Primary School, which works in partnership with the University of Leicester to deliver our School Direct Primary PGCE.