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• 6th April 2014 Sol 622

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/06/6th-april-2014-sol-623/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 6, 2014 I am visiting Thurso, which is on the far north Scottish coast.  The Institute of Mechanical Engineers, associated with the Dounreay nuclear facility, invited me to give a talk about Curiosity.

• 21st May 2015 Sol 992

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/21/21st-may-2015-sol-992/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 21, 2015 In a  first for the mission we have successfully climbed a slope at Mt. Stimson.

• Astrophysics Seminar – 17th Feb 3pm. JJ Hermes: White dwarf variability as seen from space

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/11/astrophysics-seminar-17th-feb-3pm-jj-hermes-white-dwarf-variability-as-seen-from-space/

  Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 11 February 2021 Please find a teams link in the Astrophysics Group > Seminars area. Abstract: White dwarfs have been used as flux standards for decades, thanks to their staid simplicity.

• Banned Items

  https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/policies-and-procedures/banned-items

  Information on items that are banned at University of Leicester accommodation

• 22nd March 2018 Sol 2000

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/03/22/22nd-march-2018-sol-2000/

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• Saturday 25th August Sol 19

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/saturday-25th-august-sol-19/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 In the next few days we are expecting the first measurements by the SAM mass spectrometer instrument (inlet on the top surface of Curiosity) of the Mars atmosphere.

• Friday 7th September Sol 32

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/07/friday-7th-september-sol-32/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 7, 2012 We are testing out the robotic arm for the next few sols.

• Tuesday 18th September Sol 42

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/18/tuesday-18th-september-sol-42/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 18, 2012 We have paused to take a panorama of the landscape: Mt Sharp, crater walls and local terrain before we descend into GlenElg.  This could be one of the most dramatic landscape photographs of the mission.

• Saturday 27th October Sol 80

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/27/saturday-27th-october-sol-80/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2012   The Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory contains the ‘Scarecrow’ Curiosity rover, used to test going over obstacles and up slopes.

• Friday 25th January 2013 Sol 168

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/25/friday-25th-january-2013-sol-168/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 25, 2013 One of the features of the MAHLI microimager is that it has a set of LED lights around the lens aperture.