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8th October 2013 Sol 417
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2013 Our last drive was about 85 m away from Waypoint 1 towards the SW. As we progress one of the new ways we image the landscape is with the MAHLI microimager.
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Researchers take on marathon challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/researchers-take-on-marathon-challenge
A host of generous fundraisers from the University took part in the 13-mile Leicester Half-Marathon on 25 October to raise money for worthy causes.
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9th May 2016 Sol 1336
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 9, 2016 We have followed up the Lubango drillhole quickly with another one at a nearby Stimson aeolian sandstone outcrop (Okoruso). The idea is to compare unaltered sandstone (Okoruso) to altered Lubango.
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1st May 2014 Sol 618
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 1, 2014 Here is a MastCam image of drilling in progress. This is the first ‘minidrill’ hole at Windjana. You can see that Red Mars is only a very thin layer on the planet.
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3rd May 2013 Sol 263
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 3, 2013 Our first image has come back after conjunction. Here is the Chemcam remote microimager (RMI) of our titanium calibration target.
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Tuesday 18th September Sol 42
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/18/tuesday-18th-september-sol-42/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 18, 2012 We have paused to take a panorama of the landscape: Mt Sharp, crater walls and local terrain before we descend into GlenElg. This could be one of the most dramatic landscape photographs of the mission.
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26th May 2016 Sol 1352
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/05/26/26th-may-2016-sol-1352/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 26, 2016 We are studying an area called Fracture Town. The aim is to follow up identification of opal to check the extent to which silica has been remobilised by fluids in the sediments.
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8th May 2015 Sol 979
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 8, 2015 This Mastcam panorama shows our current location at Mt. Shields and our route on to Mt Sharp via Logan’s Pass. We are planning contact science on the outcrops on the lower part of Mt. Shields.
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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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28th May 2013 Sol 288
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/05/28/28th-may-2013-sol-288/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 28, 2013 We are holding a ChemCam meeting at the Cite de Espace, Toulouse. The Cite de Espace hosts an exhibition about Mars Science Laboratory and ChemCam.