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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...

• 19th July 2016 Sol 1405

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/07/19/19th-july-2016-sol-1405/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 19, 2016 MSL is back and working as normal. This MastCam picture shows that even at this early stage of the dust season (ls = 190 ie we haven’t reached perihelion of Mars orbit yet) the crater rim is becoming obscured.

• 12th August 2016 Sol 1428

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  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 12, 2016 Our latest drill hole – Marimba – has a distinctly reddish colour.  This probably means it has a lot of ferric oxide in it.

• 4th October 2016 Sol 1480

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  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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 17th September 2013 Sol 397

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/17/17th-september-2013-sol-397/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 17, 2013 We are now doing contact science at the Darwin outcrop.  The rounded clasts in the NavCam image show that it is conglomerate.

• 13th April 2015 Sol 955

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/13/13th-april-2015-sol-955/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 13, 2015 We have left Garden City and are commencing a week of driving.  This also marks 10 km on the odometer, at up to 100 m a day we can travel quite quickly.

• 14th January 2014 Sol 868

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/14/14th-january-2014-sol-868/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2015 We have started the drilling activities at Pahrump (Mojahave outcrop).  This MAHLI image shows that the initial minidrill attempt turned up some unweathered fine grained sediment.

• 17th July 2015 Sol 1047

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/07/17/17th-july-2015-sol-1047/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 17, 2015 The science team is considering the next drill target. ChemCam and APXS results suggest that the sediment compositions are changing within the Murray Formation, with more altered compositions.