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February 27th 2013 Sol 200
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/27/february-27th-2013-sol-200/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 27, 2013 We now have material within Curiosity for the SAM mass spectrometer and the CheMin X-ray Diffraction.
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20th September 2016 Sol 1466
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/09/20/20th-september-2016-sol-1466/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 20, 2016 We have got down a new self portrait of Curiosity from MAHLI. This shows the Murray Butte number 12 – where we have just been drilling – in the ChemCam mirror.
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24th September 2014 Sol 758
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/24/24th-september-2014-sol-758/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2014 We are drilling at Pahrump (named after an old Shoshone, native American settlement in what is now Nevada).
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TEDxLeicester to take satellite technology one step beyond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/tedxleicester-to-take-satellite-technology-2018one-step-beyond2019
Some of the innovative and cutting-edge applications that satellite technology and its data are being put to will be explored in a TEDxLeicester event in partnership with the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre.
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Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/13/ground-breaking-view-of-the-cosmos-revealed-at-space-park-leicester/
Astounding images telling the story of a hidden universe through every phase of its cosmic history have been revealed for the first time at Space Park Leicester.
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University library feeds more than the mind thanks to free veg seed giveaway
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/university-leicester-seed-library-free-veg-giveaway
The University of Leicester’s growing reputation has been bolstered with a scheme which allows its library members to take out seeds, as well as books.
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Physics and Astronomy Summer 2021 Digest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/24/physics-and-astronomy-summer-2021-digest/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 September 2021 As we look ahead to a brand new academic year, and with life returning to campus for Leicester’s Centenary Year , the Physics Community team would like to share some of the news stories that...
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Tuesday 2nd October Sol 56
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/02/tuesday-2nd-october-sol-56/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 2, 2012 We are getting excellent close up images with MAHLI of the rocks underneath us at the rim of Glenelg. Soon we will pause to scoop a fine-grained sample for our XRD experiment.
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July 5th 2013 Sol 324
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/05/july-5th-2013-sol-324/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 5, 2013 I am visiting the French ChemCam HQ in the CNRS lab based in Toulouse. Some of the development of ChemCam was done by the group here.
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17th February 2014 Sol 545
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/17/17th-february-2014-sol-545/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 17, 2014 As we approach a full martian year (669 sols) we have travelled about 5 km. There is fine tuning to be done on the route to get us relatively quickly to the clay and iron oxide concentrations in Mt.