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• Vere Rubin Ridge approach up slope

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/05/30/30th-may-2017-sol-1711/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 30, 2017 This Navigation camera image gives  feel for the slopes of Aeolis Mons that we are climbing now.  Daily drives often now ascend ~2 m and we have more battery recharging days.

• Mars Science Laboratory Blog

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/04/27/27th-april-2017-sol-1679/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 27, 2017 After 4.5 years, 16.2 km of driving and 1679 martian days (sols) the Curiosity Rover has reached the point here we are starting to leave the Bagnold dunes in Gale Crater.

• 24th July 2017 Sol 1765 Solar Conjunction

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/07/24/24th-july-2017-sol-1765-solar-conjunction/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 24, 2017 No new photos from Mars Science laboratory. Why? We have reached Solar Conjunction – this is the time in the planets’ orbits when Mars is obscured from the Earth by the Sun.

• Thursday 16th August Sol 11

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/17/thursday-16th-august-sol-11/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 17, 2012 We have now completed 12 sols of work on Mars.  Our work has been split into a combination of instrument checking, starting to look at the new data, particularly the MastCam images, and planning ahead.

• 15th March 2015 Sol 926

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/03/15/15th-march-2015-sol-926/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 15, 2015 We have started moving off from Pahrump, towards our next main Waypoint at Artist’s Drive.  This remarkable site of large sulfate veins is in front of us at Garden City.

• Monday 13th August Sol 7

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/13/monday-13th-august-sol-7-1/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 13, 2012 In a recent paper led by my collaborator Dr Susanne Schwenzer and with a number of MSL scientists as co authors we outlined a scenario whereby heating related to the impact 4 billion years ago caused...

• Saturday 22nd September Sol 46

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/22/saturday-22nd-september-sol-46/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 22, 2012 Mankind versus Machine #1 We have taken a break to watch the JPL flypast of the Shuttle Endeavour as it is brought on the back of a Boeing 747 to Los Angeles.

• 25th April 2014 Sol 611

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/25/25th-april-2014-sol-611/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 25, 2014 Here is the chosen drill site – Windjana (named after a famous set of rocks in W. Australia which show ancient paintings).

• 30th May 2015 Sol 1000

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/30/30th-may-2015-sol-1000/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 30, 2015 An MSL landmark day.  We have reached 1000 sols on Mars.

• February 7th 2013 Sol 180

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/07/february-7th-2013-sol-180/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 7, 2013 Our latest drilling activity is shown in this Mahli image.  The circular drilled hole is 1.