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Sunday 26th August Sol 20
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 Since the noble gas analyses by Viking in 1976 we have had the information to recognise meteorites from Mars (now about 60). My favourite martian meteorites are the nakhlites.
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Friday 24th August Sol 18
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 24, 2012 Bradbury landing is defined as the square outlined by the wheel imprints you can see in my last blog entry.
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18th July 2013 Sol 337
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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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15th March 2015 Sol 926
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 15, 2015 We have started moving off from Pahrump, towards our next main Waypoint at Artist’s Drive. This remarkable site of large sulfate veins is in front of us at Garden City.
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Saturday 27th October Sol 80
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2012 The Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory contains the ‘Scarecrow’ Curiosity rover, used to test going over obstacles and up slopes.
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10th December 2014 Sol 833
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 10, 2014 At Pahrump we are considering potential drill sites. The heavy signs of veining and water will make for an interesting mineralogical and fluid composition study.
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2nd July 2014 Sol 678
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 2, 2014 Here is a new classic image from Mars: a selfie from Kimberley. You can see the dark drill hole and the practice drill hole beside it.
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Monday 14th January 2013 Sol 157
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 15, 2013 AS we are thinking about a drill target, the rock around us has a clastic texture, that is it is made of rounded grains that have been transported by water or wind.
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Wednesday 9th Jan. 2013 Sol 153
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2013 Another first for Curiosity’s instruments. We have deployed the brush (which is a rotating implement on the robotic arm) for the first time.
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Sunday 30th December Sol 143
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 30, 2012 Gale Crater is named after Walter Frederick Gale, an Australian astronomer in the early 20 th century (1865-1945).