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19th January 2014 Sol 517
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/19/19th-january-2014-sol-517/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 19, 2014 On Earth rocks that are as ancient as those we are studying on Mars have been destroyed by the tectonic recycling process or heavily metamorphosed.
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18th March 2014 Sol 574
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/18/18th-march-2014-sol-574/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 18, 2014 Quite a lot of the science team is at the 45th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference in Houston.
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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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25th July 2013 Sol 344
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 25, 2013 This HiRISE image shows Curiosity at work at the Shaler outcrop in Yellowknife Bay. The tracks from Bradbury landing are also clearly visible.
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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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Friday 28th September Sol 52
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/28/friday-28th-september-sol-52-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 28, 2012 A group us have been on a field trip between the San Andreas and San Gabriel faults, about an hour’s drive north of JPL.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.