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Friday 17th August Sol 12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/18/friday-17th-august-sol-12/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 18, 2012 We have chosen our first long term direction for Curiosity – and it is going about 0.5 km towards the NE, to an important junction between 3 different rock types. The site has been named Glenelg.
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Monday 15th October Sol 69
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/15/monday-15th-october-sol-69/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 15, 2012 As we are currently static in Rocknest the use of the Mast instruments comes to the fore. In particular, ChemCam is important. ChemCam uses a laser to hit rocks at a distance of metres away.
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Monday 19th Nov. Sol 103
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/19/monday-19th-nov-sol-103/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 19, 2012 The REMS instruments (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) on the rover mast has been sending back information about wind direction and atmospheric pressure over the last 100 sols.
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3rd March 2016 Sol 1271
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/03/3rd-march-2016-sol-1271/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 3, 2016 Every year, much of the planetary science community gather at the Lunar and Planetary Science conference in Houston.
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Tuesday 22nd January 2013 Sol 166
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/22/tuesday-22nd-january-2013-sol-166/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 22, 2013 This close up view of one of the veins was taken as an RMI image by one of the two ChemCam lasers after the Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).
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Friday 4th January 2013 Sol 147
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/04/friday-4th-january-2013-sol-147/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 4, 2013 Curiosity and the science and engineering teams are getting back up to full activity after the Christmas and New Year break.
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Translation MA, PGDip
https://le.ac.uk/courses/translation-studies-ma/2026
From tourism and advertising to international business communication, people with high-level translation skills are needed in almost every industry. You’ll learn what it takes to enter the field, as well as push forward into further academic study.
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University of Leicester to spend £1m on making research more inclusive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/diverse-research
The University of Leicester has bolstered its commitment to inclusivity within research after securing £1m from the Wellcome Trust.
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Frank May
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/frank-may
We have learned, with regret, of the death of Dr Frank May MBE, a former member of the University Court and Council and a generous benefactor for many years. The Levaya – funeral – of Frank May will be on Sunday 9 October at 10.
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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.