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TUC online archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/27/tuc-online-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 27, 2020 The TUC library has added to its online offering researchers may be interested to know it has digitised its annotated card catalogue which is crucial for understanding...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
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Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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11th September 2014 Sol 746
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 11, 2014 We have now reached the first foothills in the Mt. Sharp part of the mission. This area is called the Pahrump Hills.
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9th September 2016 Sol 1455
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 9, 2016 We are heading toward a new drill site at the base of one the the buttes. These are the landforms that dominate the landscape at this point in the traverse – The Murray Buttes.
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13th November 2015 Sol 1164
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/11/13/13th-november-2015-sol-1164/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 13, 2015 We are nearing the next major phase of the mission – the Bagnold Dunes campaign.
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27th November 2015 Sol 1176
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 27, 2015 We have reached the Bagnold Dunes and are driving through a gap. The dark colour is due to the iron and magnesium-rich composition of the sand grains (minerals like olivine and pyroxene).
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4th March 2017 Sol 1627
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 4, 2017 We are continuing the Bagnold Dunes campaign, with stops 3 and 4. This NavCam view shows the Curiosity robotic arm for the team’s examination.
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17th January 2016 Sol 1226
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 17, 2016 Here is a MastCam image of the scoop taken from the Namib dune. This was taken just prior to closing the scoop and sieving taking place as the turret of the robotic arm was rotated.
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15th August 2014 Sol 720
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 15, 2014 We have retraced our tracks in Hidden Valley, going back to a site called Bonanza_King.
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13th December 2016 Sol 1548
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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.