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• 1st December 2014 Sol 825

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/01/1st-december-2014-sol-825/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 1, 2014 This NavCam image shows a dusty view of Mt Sharp and its layers.  It is a sign that we are very close to summer solstice again.

• 31st January 2015 Sol 885

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/31/31st-january-2015-sol-885/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 31, 2015 The second attempt at drilling Mojave has been succesfull by both the minidrill and main drill hole (diameter 1.5 cm, depth ~6 cm).  Now we are analysing the tailings with ChemCam and APXS.

• 13th April 2015 Sol 955

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/13/13th-april-2015-sol-955/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 13, 2015 We have left Garden City and are commencing a week of driving.  This also marks 10 km on the odometer, at up to 100 m a day we can travel quite quickly.

• 30th June 2015 Sol 1030

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/06/30/30th-june-2015-sol-1030/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 30, 2015 Planetary conjunction has ended and communication of science results between Curiosity , Mars orbiters and Earth is possible again.

• 2nd January 2016 Sol 1211

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/02/2nd-january-2016-sol-1211/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 2, 2016 This HiRISE image taken from Mars Reconaissance Orbiter shows Curiosity in its current position at the margin of the steep slope of the Bagnold dunes.

• 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.

• 8th October 2013 Sol 417

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/08/8th-october-2013-sol-417/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2013 Our last drive was about 85 m away from  Waypoint 1 towards the SW.  As we progress one of the new ways we image the landscape is with the MAHLI microimager.