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  • 17th February 2014 Sol 545

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/17/17th-february-2014-sol-545/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 17, 2014 As we approach a full martian year (669 sols) we have travelled about 5 km.  There is fine tuning to be done on the route to get us relatively quickly to the clay and iron oxide concentrations in Mt.

  • Monday 13th August Sol 7

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/12/monday-13th-august-sol-7/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 12, 2012 One of the things that Curiosity carries is 1.2 million names from 246 countries together with student essays and letters from  the jpl engineers who constructed Curiosity.

  • Wednesday 15th August Sol 10

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/16/wednesday-15th-august-sol-10/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 16, 2012 As we study images of places never seen before I get the full  sense of the excitement of exploration that early explorers on Earth must have felt as they encountered new lands .

  • Sunday 5th August. Landing Day.

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/05/sunday-5th-august-landing-day/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2012 I get up to a beautiful day in California with humming birds feeding and clear views of the San Gabriel Mountains. We will have a final MSL team briefing  tonight at 9 pm PDT.

  • Thursday 30th August Sol 24

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/30/thursday-30th-august-sol-24/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 30, 2012 We are settled into a daily routine which centres around the data returns from Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

  • Tuesday August 14th Sol 9

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/14/tuesday-august-14th-sol-9/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2012 Barack Obama talked to the JPL engineering team yesterday and everyone else watched a video link of this.

  • 29th November 2016 Sol 1534

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/1970/01/01/29th-november-2016-sol-1534/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 1, 1970 We have started our 19th drill or scoop.  Curiosity now aims to drill at regular elevation intervals (25 m) as we progress up through the Murray formation.

  • Saturday 18th August Sol 13

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/19/saturday-18th-august-sol-13/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 19, 2012 In order to keep track of time, both on Earth and Mars, a few people on the MSL team wear 2 watches.  That is a clear sign that someone at JPL is working on the MSL mission.

  • Sunday 30th September Sol53

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/29/sunday-30th-september-sol53/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 29, 2012 We are closer to the descent into the lower area of Glenelg.  The rock type around Curiosity has changed from the fluvial gravels and we are using the robotic arm to study it.

  • 5th August 2013 Sol 355

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/05/5th-august-2013-sol-355/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2013 We are just about at the one Earth year anniversary of our landing.  MSL Landing was on the 5th August Pacific time and about 6 am, 6th August British Summertime.

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