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19th October 2014 Sol 783
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/10/19/19th-october-2014-sol-783/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 19, 2014 Today marks the closest approach of Comet Siding Spring to Mars. Curiosity will be pointing MastCam and ChemCam towards it, and have been practising targeting at stars like Spica.
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22nd August 2013 Sol 371
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/22/22nd-august-2013-sol-371/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 22, 2013 Mars has two moons Phobos – about 22km diameter, and Deimos which is about half that. MastCam has recently imaged an occultation where Phobos passed in front of the more distant Deimos.
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Thursday 20th December Sol 133
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/20/thursday-20th-december-sol-133/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 20, 2012 Curiosity and its team will soon take a break over the Christmas holidays . However in the meantime we are using the opportunity to examine different parts of Yellowknife and its rocks.
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31st December 2014 Sol 854
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/31/31st-december-2014-sol-854/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 31, 2014 We are continuing the Pahrump localities looped drive. MSL is not working full time over the holidays but we had a ‘3-sol’ plan on the 29th December. I was the Geo Science Theme Lead for the day.
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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.
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Sally Kyd
https://le.ac.uk/people/sally-kyd
The academic profile of Professor Sally Kyd of Leicester Law School
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Unknown facts about Outer Space and the Cold War
https://le.ac.uk/hypir/subject-tasters/unknown-facts
Dr Bleddyn Bowen, expert in space politics and military technology in outer space, provides insights into Cold War history.
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Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/cancer-cell-and-molecular-biology-msc/2026
This is for you if... you want to study the molecular and cell biology of cancer to an advanced level and develop a career in biological research.
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Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/cancer-cell-and-molecular-biology-msc/2025
This is for you if... you want to study the molecular and cell biology of cancer to an advanced level and develop a career in biological research.
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Solar System samples touch down in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/winchcombe-hayabusa2
Samples from other worlds have touched down in Leicester, to be analysed by space scientists studying the building blocks of our Solar System.