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8th May 2014 Sol 624
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 8, 2014 We have succesfully drilled Windjana and transferred the material to the CHIMRA system for CheMin analyses. Now we will be able to anslyes the tailings by ChemCam and APXS.
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26th June 2013 Sol 316
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 26, 2013 Curiosity Inspecting Shaler. This HazCam image shows our location at Shaler and the tracks left as we have manoeuvred along the outcrop to look at the planar and cross bedding structures.
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5th December 2013 Sol 474
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 5, 2013 We have paused to do some contact science, using the robotic arm to use APXS on the local rocks.
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19th January 2017 Sol 1584
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 19, 2017 We have found another (the 4th) meteorite. The fist sized sample called Ames_Knob – which was analysed by ChemCam – turns out to be composed of Fe and Ni metal.
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13th October 2015 Sol 1133
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 13, 2015 Here is the latest selfie – perhaps the best yet. It is from the Big Sky drill site (you can see the Big Sky drill hole and the drill tailings) in the lower left.
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5th January 2014 Sol 503
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 5, 2014 After the break over the holidays we are back analysing and driving. It is small drives so far.
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24th June 2016 Sol 1380
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 24, 2016 Here is the latest HiRISE image of Curiosity. It shows the rover on the Naukluft Plateau where we have been for the last few months.
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Wednesday 15th August Sol 10
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 16, 2012 As we study images of places never seen before I get the full sense of the excitement of exploration that early explorers on Earth must have felt as they encountered new lands .
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Monday 24th September Sol 48
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2012 Mankind versus Machine #3 We visit the Mars Yard in JPL where the Curiosity engineering model is tested over rocky terrains.
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Friday 14th September Sol 38
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 14, 2012 The MastCam has finished imaging of different parts of the rover and we are driving again. On our way to Glenelg we will stop to analyse a basaltic rock.