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• Thursday 6th December Sol 119

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/06/thursday-6th-december-sol-119/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 6, 2012 NASA HQ have announced that the mission lifetime of MSL has been extended indefinitely, beyond the current one martian year (2 terrestrial years).

• February 16th 2013 Sol 189

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/16/february-16th-2013-sol-189/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 16, 2013 This image shows the row of 10 laser spots shot by ChemCam in the drill tailings.   This is one of our first analyses prior to the analysis of material by CheMin and SAM.

• 23rd September 2013 Sol 402

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/23/23rd-september-2013-sol-402/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 23, 2013 This image shows the arm deployed over the conglomerate and veins as we gather more MAHLI data.  The shadow from the arm shows how we are operating at near noon, local time at Gale Crater.

• 24th April 2014 Sol 610

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/24/24th-april-2014-sol-610/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 24, 2014 We have been doing contact science and taking images in order to zero in on our exact drill point at Mt. Remarkable.

• 19th August 2014 Sol 724

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/08/19/19th-august-sol-724/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 19, 2014 We have started the condensed drilling procedures at Bonanza_King, having driven back out of Hidden Valley and its sandy deposits, to take another route.

• 18th January 2015 Sol 872

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/18/18th-january-2015-sol-872/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 18, 2015 Unlike Curiosity the Beagle2 lander never sent a signal back from Mars.  However, as a result of some new HiRISE images we now know where it is and what happened.

• Sunday 7th October Sol 61

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/sunday-7th-october-sol-61-1/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 One of the major challenges in preparing a spacecraft for Mars is ensuring that the chemical analyses made by the instruments, in particular for the SAM mass spectrometer are not contaminated by material...

• Wednesday 17th October Sol 70

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/17/wednesday-17th-october-sol-70/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 17, 2012 We go on a field trip to the Mojave Desert.  This area of California contains alluvial fans, volcanic rocks, ancient lakes and hydrothermally altered rocks.

• April 9th 2013 Sol 240

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/04/09/april-9th-2013-sol-240/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 9, 2013 We have now moved into the Solar Conjunction phase, so there will be fewer operational activities for the next few weeks.  We are parked at the John Klein site during this time.

• 12th June 2013 Sol 302

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/12/12th-june-2013-sol-302/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 12, 2013 We are carefully positioning ourselves for Point Lake.