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  • 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.

  • 23rd September 2013 Sol 402

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/23/23rd-september-2013-sol-402/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 23, 2013 This image shows the arm deployed over the conglomerate and veins as we gather more MAHLI data.  The shadow from the arm shows how we are operating at near noon, local time at Gale Crater.

  • 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.

  • 30th June 2015 Sol 1030

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/06/30/30th-june-2015-sol-1030/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 30, 2015 Planetary conjunction has ended and communication of science results between Curiosity , Mars orbiters and Earth is possible again.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 28th December 2015 Sol 1206

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/12/28/28th-december-2015-sol-1206/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 28, 2015 The MSL team is taking a break from operations for a few days.  We have dumped the Greenhorn drill tailings and are progressing on the Bagnold Dunes campaign.

  • 17th January 2016 Sol 1226

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/17/17th-january-2016-sol-1226/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 17, 2016 Here is a MastCam image of the scoop taken from the Namib dune. This was taken just prior to closing the scoop and sieving taking place as the turret of the robotic arm was rotated.

  • 29th January 2016 Sol 1238

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/29/29th-january-2016-sol-1238/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 29, 2016 Here is MAHLI’s selfie of Curiosity at work on the Hebron part of the Namib dune. Its a mosaic of 57 images.

  • 9th September 2016 Sol 1455

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/09/09/9th-september-2016-sol-1455/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 9, 2016 We are heading toward a new drill site at the base of one the the buttes.  These are the landforms that dominate the landscape at this point in the traverse – The Murray Buttes.

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