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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’.

  • Friday 31st August Sol 25

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/31/friday-31st-august-sol-25/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 31, 2012 We now have a weather report for Gale Crater courtesy of the REM instrument.

  • 14th March 2016 Sol 1282

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/14/14th-march-2016-sol-1282/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 14, 2016 Today the latest addition to the Mars mission flotilla was launched by ESA and Roscosmos.  Trace Gas Orbiter was launched on a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 29th August 2013 Sol 378

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/29/29th-august-2013-sol-378/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2013 We are now about 300 m from Waypoint1.  That is one of the stopping off points on the way to the clay-rich horizon of Mt. Sharp.

  • 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.

  • Roger Irwin

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/author/ri40/

    DPhil student in English - Linacre College, Oxford University

  • Thursday 4th October Sol 58

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/05/thursday-4th-october-sol-58/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 5, 2012   Previous missions suggest that the ‘soil’ on Mars is roughly basaltic in composition.  However, on Earth sand is mainly composed of quartz (silica).

  • 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.

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