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11th November 2014 Sol 806
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 11, 2014 Mars Science Laboratory has changed our view of Mars: following the 2 Viking landers of 1976 and the Pathfinder Lander in 1997 we had an idea that Mars was predominantly made of basaltic igneous rocks.
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Cancer scientists take part in Tough Mudder
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-scientists-take-part-in-tough-mudder
A team of scientists is all set to get down and dirty this weekend – all in the aid of charity. Scientists based at the Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, who are working on early detection of different cancers, will take part in their first Tough Mudder on 14 May.
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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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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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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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Sunday Nov 25th Sol 108
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/25/sunday-nov-25th-sol-108/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 25, 2012 It is now almost exactly a year since launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the 26th Nov. 2011.
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Saturday 25th August Sol 19
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 In the next few days we are expecting the first measurements by the SAM mass spectrometer instrument (inlet on the top surface of Curiosity) of the Mars atmosphere.
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25th September 2013 Sol 404
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 25, 2013 We have now left Waypoint Point 1 and started out for Waypoint 2, at about 1 km distance.
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Thursday 9th August Sol 3
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 8, 2012 We wait for each pass by Odyssey or Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to return more images. Our navigation cameras (NavCam) are producing the first of our panoramic mosaics.
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April 19th 2013 Sol 250
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 19, 2013 Even though Curiosity and its robotic arm are parked during Conjunction, the thermal control system continues to operate.