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Sunday August 19th Sol 14
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/20/sunday-august-14th-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.
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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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Dr Celia May's projects
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/phd-projects/may
Browse the PhD projects offered for supervision by Dr Celia May in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester.
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 2018
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/visits/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the University of Leicester on Wednesday 28 November to celebrate the University’s work in the local community and with Leicester City Football Club.
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Students awaken the science of Star Wars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars
Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...
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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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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
https://le.ac.uk/mcb
The University of Leicester has a global reputation for excellence in Molecular and Cell Biology. Find out more about our undergraduate courses, postgraduate Masters degrees and research opportunities.
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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.
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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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Olympus objectives
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/specialised-imaging/olympus-objectives
See the objectives for the Olympus imaging equipment found in the Advanced Imaging Facility.