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5th August 2017 Sol 1777 – 5 years on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/08/05/5th-august-2017-sol-1777-5-years-on-mars/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2017 The 5th August marks 5 Earth years since the successful landing of Mars Science Laboratory. During the landing I was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
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University of Leicester space scientist appointed trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/emma-bunce-rmg
Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics Emma Bunce has worked on multiple international space missions and has been appointed a trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich, including the ‘birthplace of modern astronomy’, the Royal Observatory Greenwich
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Observing Jupiter’s aurora from the top of a Volcano
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/01/observing-jupiters-aurora-from-the-top-of-a-volcano/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 1, 2016 As part of the ground based support for the Juno mission, I visited the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in February through to the beginning of March this year.
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The Jupiter Time Capsule; University of Leicester Staff Blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/03/the-jupiter-time-capsule/
Juno's microwave instrument will provide new insights into the global composition of Jupiter and the origins of the giant planet.
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Sol 2039 1st May 2018 Unique Samples from the Deep Martian Crust
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/05/01/sol-2039-1st-may-2018-unique-samples-from-the-deep-martian-crust/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 1, 2018 We have recently come across a unique set of samples from the deeper crust of Mars, kilometres below what was the Gale Lake 4 billion years ago.
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Spying on Curiosity and Detecting Methane above the Clay Unit in Gale Crater Sol 2424
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2019/06/27/spying-on-curiosity-and-detecting-methane-above-the-clay-unit-in-gale-crater-sol-2424/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 27, 2019 Around this locality in the Clay Unit of Gale Crater we have been doing more methane measurements with the SAM instrument. This highlights the enigmatic nature of Mars’ atmospheric methane.
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Curiosity Rover Reaches the Clay Unit in Gale Crater, Sol 2073
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2019/02/07/curiosity-rover-reaches-the-clay-unit-in-gale-crater-sol-2073/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 7, 2019 Looking towards the Clay Unit After 20.1 km and 2073 sols of driving and science operations we have reached the next milestone of the Mars Science Laboratory mission – the Clay Unit.
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Festival examines what the anti-apartheid picket can teach human rights defenders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/festival-examines-what-the-anti-apartheid-picket-can-teach-human-rights-defenders
Dr Gavin Brown from the Department of Geography will be giving a talk on Tuesday 8 December at 6.
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Advanced Solo Mechanics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/eg4416
Module code: EG4116
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Legacies of a British penal colony: adivasis in the Andaman Islands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/12/08/legacies-of-a-british-penal-colony-adivasis-in-the-andaman-islands/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on December 8, 2014 It is an unexpected pleasure to be back in the Andaman Islands for the first time in almost two years.