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31st July 2014 Sol 705
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/07/31/31st-july-2014-sol-705/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 31, 2014 We have been analysing the Windjana drill tailings for over 2 months now and have just dumped the drill tailings.
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13th February 2015 Sol 897
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/02/13/13th-february-2015-sol-897/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 13, 2015 Now that we have finished drilling and analysing by APXS and ChemCam the Mojave2 drill tailings at Pahrump we have driven on or ‘bumped’ as we say to another target with a different composition determined...
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9th July 2015 Sol 1039
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/07/09/9th-july-2015-sol-1039/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 9, 2015 This MastCam image shows an important close up view of the Stimson sandstone – Pahrump mudstone contact.
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1st October 2015 Sol 1121
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/01/1st-october-2015-sol-1121/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 1, 2015 Our latest drillhole has gone successfully, at Big Sky.
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18th July 2013 Sol 337
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/18/18th-july-2013-sol-337/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 18, 2013 We are getting into the new routine of driving e.g. 30 or 40 m per day together with science observations, in particular from the mast instruments.
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Local students begin to take their LEAP into University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/local-students-begin-to-take-their-leap-into-university
On Wednesday 21 January, the University welcomed 40 local school and college students onto campus to begin to take their LEAP into University at the launch of our new Leicester Enhanced Access Programme (LEAP).
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Leicester Heroes event aims to recruit hundreds of new potential stem cell donors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-heroes-event-aims-to-recruit-hundreds-of-new-potential-stem-cell-donors
Our University has once again teamed up with The Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign to host an event on Monday 30 October which aims to recruit hundreds of new potential donors to the Anthony Nolan stem cell register.
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12th May 2015 Sol 983
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/12/12th-may-2015-sol-983/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2015 A stunning image of sunset over the Gale Crater Rim! The sort of long wavelength scattering so characteristic of our Earth’s red sunsets has not occurred. Ehlers et al.
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28th October 2013 Sol 436
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/28/28th-october-2013-sol-436/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 28, 2013 Today is a soliday on Mars and no science activities. We are parked close to our next Waypoint called Cooperstown.
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25th March 2015 Sol 936
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/03/25/25th-march-2015-sol-936/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 25, 2015 This MAHLI image (field of view about 20 cm) shows how water has travelled through the Garden City mudstone rock. It has left trails in veins – probably of gypsum or a similar mineral.