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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.
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8th May 2014 Sol 624
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/08/8th-may-2014-sol-624/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 8, 2014 We have succesfully drilled Windjana and transferred the material to the CHIMRA system for CheMin analyses. Now we will be able to anslyes the tailings by ChemCam and APXS.
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Monday 27th August Sol 21
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/28/monday-27th-august-sol-21/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 28, 2012 One of the types of images from the 17 MSL cameras that we are getting are from the ‘Cam’ bit of ChemCam.
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14th August 2013 Sol 363
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/14/14th-august-2013-sol-363/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2013 We have put a sample from the Cumberland drill hole into SAM for more isotopic measurements. The sample had been cached within the robotic arm’s turret.
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February 27th 2013 Sol 200
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/27/february-27th-2013-sol-200/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 27, 2013 We now have material within Curiosity for the SAM mass spectrometer and the CheMin X-ray Diffraction.
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Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate
Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.
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Managing older people in emergency settings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/managing-older-people-in-emergency-settings
The challenges and solutions in for clinicians dealing with older people in emergency settings will be explored in a course designed fill gaps in knowledge and understanding.
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21st November 2014 Sol 815
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/21/21st-november-2014-sol-815/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 21, 2014 This MAHLI image shows the importance of the DRT Dust Removal Tool brushes.
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Space firm behind pioneering ‘shoebox-sized laboratory’ comes to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/frontier-shoebox-laboratory
Frontier Space Technologies is the latest company on the European Space Agency – Business Incubation Centre for the United Kingdom (ESA-BIC UK) programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s pioneering £100 million science and innovation park
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Italian astronaut to share experiences of historic missions at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/walter-villadei-talk-770
Colonel Walter Villadei to speak at University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park on Tuesday, February 11 at 3pm