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• 1st September 2014 Sol 736

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/01/1st-september-2014-sol-736/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 1, 2014 We are in an uneven area of terrain with sand-filled hollows so we have changed direction, out of Hidden Valley and via Trilobite Crater.  The rover planners ‘RP’s’ are cautious about slippage in sand.

• 9th February 2015 Sol 893

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/02/09/9th-february-2015-sol-893/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 9, 2015 Now that our first Pahrump drill is completed one of the things we do is check the CheMIn inlet (which is in the top right of the NavCam image) to check for any debris, blockages etc.

• 13th December 2015 Sol 1192

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/12/13/13th-december-2015-sol-1192/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2015 The image shows a MAHLI close up image of the Bagnold dunes sand.  The first striking thing about the mm-size grains is how rounded they are.

• Monday 24th September Sol 48

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/24/monday-24th-september-sol-48/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2012 Mankind versus Machine #3 We visit the Mars Yard in JPL where the Curiosity engineering model is tested over rocky terrains.

• February 27th 2013 Sol 200

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/27/february-27th-2013-sol-200/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 27, 2013 We now have material within Curiosity for the SAM mass spectrometer and the CheMin X-ray Diffraction.

• Saturday 5th August Landing Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/saturday-5th-august-landing-day/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 18 minutes to entry We are gathered in Building 321, the Flight Operations Centre. Distance = 7200  km Velocity 17, 400 km/h.

• Tuesday 21st August Sol 16

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/22/tuesday-21st-august-sol-15/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 22, 2012 Today was a day to gather up and consider the data being send back from Curiosity – now we have ChemCam laser data and its images, panoramic images from MastCam, the navigation cameras for plotting our path...

• Women exposed to MWI emissions show small increase in breast milk pollutants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/mwi-emissions

  Study involving Professor Anna Hansell, from the University of Leicester Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, analysed impact of emissions from municipal waste incinerators

• Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor

  International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore

• Colin Hyde

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/colin_hyde/

  Colin Hyde manages the East Midlands Oral History Archive, based in Special Collections.