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• February 10th Sol 182

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/10/february-10th-sol-182/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 10, 2013 The latest drilling has gone to 6 cm depth and we will use this for CheMin and SAM analyses.

• 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.

• 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.

• Celebrating Diwali 2022

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/01/great-school-turnout-to-celebrate-diwali-2022/

  The School of Physics and Astronomy were pleased to bring back the complimentary food tasting of traditional Diwali snacks and sweets as part of the Diwali celebrations.

• 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.

• 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.