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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • Spying on Curiosity and Detecting Methane above the Clay Unit in Gale Crater Sol 2424

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2019/06/27/spying-on-curiosity-and-detecting-methane-above-the-clay-unit-in-gale-crater-sol-2424/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 27, 2019 Around this locality in the Clay Unit of Gale Crater we have  been doing more methane measurements with the SAM instrument. This highlights the enigmatic nature of Mars’ atmospheric methane.

  • An Interview with DiscoverPhDs

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/03/an-interview-with-discoverphds/

    Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 3 August 2020 Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs.

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