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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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1st May 2014 Sol 618
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/01/1st-may-2014-sol-618/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 1, 2014 Here is a MastCam image of drilling in progress. This is the first ‘minidrill’ hole at Windjana. You can see that Red Mars is only a very thin layer on the planet.
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February 21st 2013 Sol 194
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/21/february-21st-2013-sol-194/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 21, 2013 We are in the next stage of the drilling analysis process: the drilled sedimentary rock has been transferred to the scoop on the arm’s turret, prior to being taken into CHIMRA via the sieve, part of which...
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5th April 2017 Sol 1658
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/04/05/5th-april-2017-sol-1658/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 5, 2017 The second Bagnold Dunes campaign is now drawing to a close.
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Monday 10th December Sol 123
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/10/monday-10th-december-sol-123/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 10, 2012 Here is a Mastcam image of the new terrain we are exploring. You can see layered deposits in the middle distance and a flat eroded surface in the near field.
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27th November 2015 Sol 1176
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/11/27/27th-november-2015-sol-1176/
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 October 2016 Sol 1480
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/10/04/4th-october-2016-sol-1480/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 4, 2016 This MAHLI mosaic view of Curiosity and Murray Butte no. 12 is where we have just been drilling Quela – the 14th drillhole on Mars.
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31st December 2014 Sol 854
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/31/31st-december-2014-sol-854/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 31, 2014 We are continuing the Pahrump localities looped drive. MSL is not working full time over the holidays but we had a ‘3-sol’ plan on the 29th December. I was the Geo Science Theme Lead for the day.
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Are economists in touch with ordinary voters?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/are-economists-in-touch-with-ordinary-voters/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Find out by reading the results of this interesting recent survey from the Centre for Macroeconomics. It also covers Brexit- why did votes ignore the advice of economists.
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Solar System samples touch down in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/winchcombe-hayabusa2
Samples from other worlds have touched down in Leicester, to be analysed by space scientists studying the building blocks of our Solar System.