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  • 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).

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    News and scientific results from the University of Leicester’s Juno science team, combining Earth-based observations and NASA/Juno spacecraft measurements to explore the Jupiter system.

  • 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.

  • 12th September 2017 Sol 1814 – Curiosity’s View Across Gale Crater

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 12, 2017 View from Vera Rubin Ridge   The Curiosity Rover has reached an elevation of 300 metres above our landing site.

  • 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.

  • Friday 4th January 2013 Sol 147

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 4, 2013 Curiosity and the science and engineering teams are getting back up to full activity after the Christmas and New Year break.

  • 31st August 2015 Sol 1091

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 31, 2015 I am Geo Science Theme Lead today (Geo STL).  Our top priority is to retake the APXS compostional analyses  on the Buckskin drill tailings, as we missed first time around.

  • Sunday 26th August Sol 20

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 Since the noble gas analyses by Viking in 1976 we have had the information to recognise meteorites from Mars (now about 60).  My favourite martian meteorites are the nakhlites.

  • Wednesday 29th August Sol 23

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2012 We have started our drive East to the Glenelg junction.  We will go at about tens of metres per sol over the next few weeks.

  • Sunday 16th September Sol 40

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 16, 2012 As we move forward we are making remarkable new discoveries.  There is a palpable air of excitement in the Science Discussions as the MastCam images appear.

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