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Wednesday 26th September Sol 50
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 26, 2012 We have travelled 50 metres in one sol, a new record and a great help for achieving the mission aims. We are also considering data on our calibration rock target.
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Monday 20th August Sol 15
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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.
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Sunday August 19th Sol 14
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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.
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4th March 2014 Sol 560
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/04/4th-march-2014-sol-560/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 4, 2014 This striking image is a mosaic of navigation camera images, at Junda outcrop with Mt. Sharp in the background. Junda is a place in W.
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Joe Orton on the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/joe-orton-on-the-bbc
Material from the University of Leicester has played a key role in the making of a new documentary on the celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton.
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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.
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New drugs to prevent tuberculosis could be developed thanks to this novel cell wall breakthrough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/3-cell-wall-breakthrough
Hero tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosisis|Research has identified a novel regulatory mechanism, which when deactivated, results in the death of the life-threatening pathogen.
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10th March 2014 Sol 565
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/10/10th-march-2014-sol-565/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 10, 2014 We are having a set of drive-only sols, to reach our next Waypont Kimberley in the next few days. At Kimberley we may do our third drill hole.
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Leicester students solve age-old question: How much Christmas spirit is needed to lift Santa’s sleigh?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/christmas-spirit
Students at the University of Leicester have discovered the answer to an age-old question this Christmas: just how much Christmas spirit is required to lift Santa’s sleigh? Using equations and principles learned on their physics course, five student researchers calculated...
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Wednesday 3rd October Sol 57
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/03/wednesday-3rd-october-sol-57/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 3, 2012 The hazard cameras onboard Curiosity can give a valuable low angle view of the ground surface in front of the rover.