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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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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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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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Tuesday 15th January 2013 Sol 159
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/15/tuesday-15th-january-2013-sol-159/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 15, 2013 We are finding more veins and white nodules across the drill target area (called John Klein) and in our surrounding area.
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Opportunity to touch smell and taste a deconstructed medieval manuscript
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/opportunity-to-touch-smell-and-taste-a-2018deconstructed2019-medieval-manuscript
A unique opportunity to experience a medieval manuscript as a sensory experience will be taking place at the University.
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Beatrix Potter 150th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/beatrix-potter-150th-anniversary
Peter Rabbit, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mr Jeremy Fisher and Benjamin Bunny - just a few of Beatrix Potter's loveable characters that have enriched the lives of countless children - and adults alike.
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Conversations with… Dr Simon Vaughan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/08/conversations-with-dr-simon-vaughan/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 October 2020 Dr Simon Vaughan is an Associate Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, as well as being one of the two Academic Directors of the School, written by Emily Baldwin.
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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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17th December 2014 Sol 840
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/17/17th-december-2014-sol-840/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 17, 2014 I am at the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco. The big MSL news here is the publication of our discovery of methane in the martian atmosphere.
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3rd April 2015 Sol 945
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/03/3rd-april-2015-sol-945/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 3, 2015 The heavy noble gases argon, krypton and xenon are known for their non-reactive nature and on Earth used for many applications where a gas is needed to protect a surface from the reactive species in...