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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.

• Wednesday 14th Nov 2012 Sol 98

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/14/14th-nov-2012-sol-98/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 14, 2012 With its APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) instrument on the robotic arm of Curiosity is measuring the composition of rocks and soil at Rocknest.

• Thursday 29th November Sol 112

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/29/thursday-29th-november-sol-112/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 29, 2012 Our next major task is to select a suitable place for the first drilling operation using high resolution MastCam images that we have been taking.

• February 10th Sol 182

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/10/february-10th-sol-182/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 10, 2013 The latest drilling has gone to 6 cm depth and we will use this for CheMin and SAM analyses.

• March 20th 2013 Sol 221

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun.  This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.

• 12th July 2013 Sol 332

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/12/12th-july-2013-sol-332/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 12, 2013 Operations week at Toulouse is coming to an end and is switching back to the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.  In Toulouse the opeations centre is housed by the French Space Agency CNES.

• 28th September 2014 Sol 762

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/28/28th-september-2014-sol-762/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 28, 2014 Pahrump Hills Drillhole We have completed the mini and main drill holes, at the Confidence Hills locality in Pahrump Hills.  Over the weekend the drill powder is being sieved and transferred to CheMin.

• 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.

• 25th March 2015 Sol 936

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  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.

• 29th October 2015 Sol 1148

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/29/29th-october-2015-sol-1148/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 29, 2015 We have completed another drill so that we now have the Big Sky and Greenhorn drill holes. As the team becomes more experienced we are getting quicker at producing drillholes and so we can get more analyses.