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Wednesday 14th Nov 2012 Sol 98
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 14, 2012 With its APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) instrument on the robotic arm of Curiosity is measuring the composition of rocks and soil at Rocknest.
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12th May 2015 Sol 983
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2015 A stunning image of sunset over the Gale Crater Rim! The sort of long wavelength scattering so characteristic of our Earth’s red sunsets has not occurred. Ehlers et al.
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25th March 2015 Sol 936
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 25, 2015 This MAHLI image (field of view about 20 cm) shows how water has travelled through the Garden City mudstone rock. It has left trails in veins – probably of gypsum or a similar mineral.
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12th July 2013 Sol 332
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 12, 2013 Operations week at Toulouse is coming to an end and is switching back to the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. In Toulouse the opeations centre is housed by the French Space Agency CNES.
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Thursday 29th November Sol 112
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 29, 2012 Our next major task is to select a suitable place for the first drilling operation using high resolution MastCam images that we have been taking.
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28th September 2014 Sol 762
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 28, 2014 Pahrump Hills Drillhole We have completed the mini and main drill holes, at the Confidence Hills locality in Pahrump Hills. Over the weekend the drill powder is being sieved and transferred to CheMin.
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Sol 1 First Image of Mt. Sharp
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 7, 2012 First Image of the 5.5 km high Mt. Sharp (HazCam), the ultimate target of Curiosity. Two of the Curiosity 50 cm diameter wheels are visible in the foreground.
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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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2nd October 2013 Sol 411
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 2, 2013 Mars Science Laboratory is having a team meeting at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California.
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6th November 2013 Sol 445
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 6, 2013 Curiosity is having a software upgrade this week, so no science operations. We are still at Cooperstown and thinking about the close up images of the outcrop layers.