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11th November 2014 Sol 806
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/11/11th-november-2014-sol-806/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 11, 2014 Mars Science Laboratory has changed our view of Mars: following the 2 Viking landers of 1976 and the Pathfinder Lander in 1997 we had an idea that Mars was predominantly made of basaltic igneous rocks.
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March 7th 2013 Sol 208
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/07/march-7th-2013-sol-210/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 7, 2013 A natural hazard for all spacecraft, including MSL, is currently at Mars. On March 5th there was a large solar flare or ‘Coronal Mass Ejection’.
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Cancer scientists take part in Tough Mudder
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-scientists-take-part-in-tough-mudder
A team of scientists is all set to get down and dirty this weekend – all in the aid of charity. Scientists based at the Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, who are working on early detection of different cancers, will take part in their first Tough Mudder on 14 May.
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Sports scholar picked for Tokyo Paralympic squad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/nick-cummins-paralympic-squad
University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has been selected in Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad for this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...
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10th December 2014 Sol 833
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/10/10th-december-2014-sol-833/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 10, 2014 At Pahrump we are considering potential drill sites. The heavy signs of veining and water will make for an interesting mineralogical and fluid composition study.
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25th September 2013 Sol 404
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/25/25th-september-2013-sol-404/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 25, 2013 We have now left Waypoint Point 1 and started out for Waypoint 2, at about 1 km distance.
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Saturday 27th October Sol 80
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/27/saturday-27th-october-sol-80/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2012 The Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory contains the ‘Scarecrow’ Curiosity rover, used to test going over obstacles and up slopes.
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Sunday Nov 25th Sol 108
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/25/sunday-nov-25th-sol-108/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 25, 2012 It is now almost exactly a year since launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the 26th Nov. 2011.
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Saturday 25th August Sol 19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/saturday-25th-august-sol-19/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 In the next few days we are expecting the first measurements by the SAM mass spectrometer instrument (inlet on the top surface of Curiosity) of the Mars atmosphere.