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• 19th August 2014 Sol 724

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/19/19th-august-sol-724/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 19, 2014 We have started the condensed drilling procedures at Bonanza_King, having driven back out of Hidden Valley and its sandy deposits, to take another route.

• 21st August 2014 Sol 726

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/21/21st-august-2014-sol-726/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 21, 2014 As we were performing a minidrill – thats the smaller test hole prior to a large full drill hole – the prongs that keep the turret and drill steady slipped by a small amount..

• 1st September 2014 Sol 736

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/01/1st-september-2014-sol-736/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 1, 2014 We are in an uneven area of terrain with sand-filled hollows so we have changed direction, out of Hidden Valley and via Trilobite Crater.  The rover planners ‘RP’s’ are cautious about slippage in sand.

• 1st October 2014 Sol 767

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/10/01/1st-october-2014-sol-767/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 1, 2014 This Left MastCam (‘M34’ because of the focal length) view shows the Pahrump drilled grains just before they are about to be sieved by closing up the scoop and sieve, then turning the whole robotic arm turret.

• 9th October 2014 Sol 774

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/10/09/9th-october-2014-sol-774/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 9, 2014 This is a night time MAHLI image of the Pahrump drillhole , illuminated by the LEDs.

• 31st January 2015 Sol 885

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/31/31st-january-2015-sol-885/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 31, 2015 The second attempt at drilling Mojave has been succesfull by both the minidrill and main drill hole (diameter 1.5 cm, depth ~6 cm).  Now we are analysing the tailings with ChemCam and APXS.

• 9th February 2015 Sol 893

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/02/09/9th-february-2015-sol-893/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 9, 2015 Now that our first Pahrump drill is completed one of the things we do is check the CheMIn inlet (which is in the top right of the NavCam image) to check for any debris, blockages etc.

• 27th April 2015 Sol 968

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/27/27th-april-2015-sol-968/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 27, 2015 We are situated at Mt. Shields, having driven along Logan’s Run.  I am Geo Science team Lead today, and we are preparing a 2 sol plan.

• 22nd September 2015 Sol 1112

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/09/22/22nd-september-2015-sol-1112/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 22, 2015 I have been Geo Science Theme Lead GSTL for the last two sol plan (sols 1112-1113). One of the main topics we have been discussing is where to drill next.

• 13th December 2015 Sol 1192

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/12/13/13th-december-2015-sol-1192/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2015 The image shows a MAHLI close up image of the Bagnold dunes sand.  The first striking thing about the mm-size grains is how rounded they are.