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13th December 2016 Sol 1548
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/12/13/13th-december-2016-sol-1548/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2016 The Precipice drilling campaign has been curtailed because of a drill fault. The MSL rover engineers have been conducting a series of diagnostic tests to determine the cause and to prevent it happening again.
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Guidance for arranging and holding viva voce examinations during University shutdown
https://le.ac.uk/research/doctoral-college/about/guidance-for-examiners
During the University shutdown, viva exams should still be held wherever possible. View the University's guide for external examiners.
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jbridges: Page 23
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/23/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Sol 1 Monday 7th August
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/07/sol-1-monday-7th-august/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 7, 2012 Mars Reconaissance Orbiter Image of Curiosity Descent. Good news from ChemCam PI Roger Wiens ‘All Systems are Go’.
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24th June 2014 Sol 669
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/06/24/24th-june-2014-sol-669/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 24, 2014 It is sol 669 and this equals 1 martian year since our landing in August 2012. At the moment we are doing a lot of driving – frequently over 100 m per day in this phase of the mission.
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6th August 2013 Sol 356
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/06/6th-august-2013-sol-356/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2013 First Birthday gateaux at CNES, Toulouse.
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27th October 2014 Sol 791
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/10/27/27th-october-2014-sol-791/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2014 You can see from the inset on this map that we have started driving again, south towards the higher ground, though in small distances compared to some of the long ~100 m drives we did earlier in the mission.
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Phil Duke
https://le.ac.uk/people/phil-duke
The academic profile of Dr Phil Duke, Associate Professor at University of Leicester
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Wherefore art thou Romeo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/wherefore-art-thou-romeo
In a story which could have come from the pen of the Bard himself, our security team were notified that there was a parrot outside the David Wilson library.
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26th May 2016 Sol 1352
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/05/26/26th-may-2016-sol-1352/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 26, 2016 We are studying an area called Fracture Town. The aim is to follow up identification of opal to check the extent to which silica has been remobilised by fluids in the sediments.