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Sunday 7th October Sol 61
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/sunday-7th-october-sol-61-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 One of the major challenges in preparing a spacecraft for Mars is ensuring that the chemical analyses made by the instruments, in particular for the SAM mass spectrometer are not contaminated by material...
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Michael J Curtis Job Tips
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2021/02/17/michael-j-curtis-job-tips/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 17, 2021 I was a 1970s undergraduate, at a time when there was much change in world of archaeology, and I found myself leaving university and venturing into that scary world of business.
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Breakthrough in fuel cell recycling turns ‘forever chemicals’ into renewable resources
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/breakthrough-fuel-cell-recycling-forever-chemicals-renewable
University of Leicester scientists develop technique using soundwaves to separate materials in fuel cells in seconds
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Wednesday 26th September Sol 50
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/26/wednesday-26th-september-sol-50/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 26, 2012 We have travelled 50 metres in one sol, a new record and a great help for achieving the mission aims. We are also considering data on our calibration rock target.
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Dr Richard Buckley OBE
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/meet-the-team/richard-buckley
See more about Richard Buckley's background before he started working on the Richard III project.
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11th November 2014 Sol 806
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/11/11th-november-2014-sol-806/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 11, 2014 Mars Science Laboratory has changed our view of Mars: following the 2 Viking landers of 1976 and the Pathfinder Lander in 1997 we had an idea that Mars was predominantly made of basaltic igneous rocks.
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Friday 28th September Sol 52
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/28/friday-28th-september-sol-52-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 28, 2012 A group us have been on a field trip between the San Andreas and San Gabriel faults, about an hour’s drive north of JPL.
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March 20th 2013 Sol 221
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun. This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.
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Sunday 9th September Sol 34
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/10/sunday-9th-september-sol-34/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 10, 2012 Just like in a terrestrial laboratory we have to analyse standards of known composition.
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Monday 3rd December Sol 116
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/03/monday-3rd-december-sol-116/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 3, 2012 Some of the early results from Curiosity are being presented this week at the American Geophysical Union.