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22nd August 2013 Sol 371
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/22/22nd-august-2013-sol-371/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 22, 2013 Mars has two moons Phobos – about 22km diameter, and Deimos which is about half that. MastCam has recently imaged an occultation where Phobos passed in front of the more distant Deimos.
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22nd July 2014 Sol 696
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/07/22/22nd-july-2014-sol-696/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 22, 2014 Recently MastCam and ChemCam imaging revealed 2 iron meteorites along our traverse. These are the first found by Curiosity, though the 2 MER, Spirit and Opportunity also identified iron meteorites.
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Friday 19th October Sol 72
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/19/friday-19th-october-sol-72/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 19, 2012 One of the main aims of the scoops has been to get soils and dust of suitable fine grained size for the X-ray diffraction experiment – CHEMIN. We are waiting with excitement for the first results.
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Sol 1 First Image of Mt. Sharp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/07/sol-0-first-image-of-mt-sharp/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 7, 2012 First Image of the 5.5 km high Mt. Sharp (HazCam), the ultimate target of Curiosity. Two of the Curiosity 50 cm diameter wheels are visible in the foreground.
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New project to save sole surviving population of rare wildflower
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-project-to-save-sole-surviving-population-of-rare-wildflower
A new conservation project at the Botanic Garden hopes to save a rare wildflower that is almost extinct throughout Leicestershire and Rutland - and has a declining population nationwide.
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“In the past we would just be invisible”
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/we-would-be-invisible
"In the past we would just be invisible" explored attitudes towards heritage and the past of disabled people who live around Colchester.
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Renowned theatre cast including actor Ralph Fiennes pay tribute to Leicester in their reimagining of Shakespeares Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/renowned-theatre-cast-including-actor-ralph-fiennes-pay-tribute-to-leicester-in-their-reimagining-of-shakespeares-richard-iii
A stellar acting cast featuring Hollywood stars has paid homage to our University in its unconventional retelling of Shakespeare's Richard III.
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UK Space Agency backs Space Park Leicester based start-up
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/messium-space-park
Agri-tech start-up Messium based at Space Park Leicester has been accepted on to one of the UK Space Agency’s most prestigious business support programmes
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Sunday 30th December Sol 143
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/30/sunday-30th-december-sol-143/
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).
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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.