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24th May 2013 Sol 284
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/05/24/24th-may-2013-sol-284/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 24, 2013 One of the things we tend to forget about, because it is working quietly in the background, is the communications network.
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Wednesday 9th Jan. 2013 Sol 153
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/14/wednesday-9th-jan-2013-sol-153/
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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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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19th November 2013 Sol 459
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/19/19th-november-2013-sol-459/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 19, 2013 As we work in Gale Crater with Curiosity, other Mars missions are being planned and launched.
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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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Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-stars
Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.
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University of Leicester hosts event to encourage businesses to take on ex-Forces staff
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-event-businesses-ex-forces-staff
East Midlands business leaders discovered how Forces veterans and reservists can benefit their organisations at an event held by the University of Leicester.
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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.