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  • 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.

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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...

  • Sunday August 19th 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

    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.

  • New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival

    Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos

  • Student Compensation and Refund Policy

    How decisions regarding tuition fees, other course costs, accommodation costs, sports memberships and other relevant costs are compensated or refunded.

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