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29th January 2016 Sol 1238
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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.
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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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5th April 2017 Sol 1658
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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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19th July 2016 Sol 1405
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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.
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4th March 2017 Sol 1627
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 4, 2017 We are continuing the Bagnold Dunes campaign, with stops 3 and 4. This NavCam view shows the Curiosity robotic arm for the team’s examination.
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21st January 2015 Sol 875
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/21/21st-january-2015-sol-875/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 21, 2015 The MSL science operations have stood down for a few days whilst a software upgrade goes ahead. Soon we will recommence the drilling campaign.
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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.
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9th September 2016 Sol 1455
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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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13th December 2016 Sol 1548
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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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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.