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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.
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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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Lucy Ellis
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/lucy-ellis
It is with great sadness that we share news of the death of Lucy Ellis, our colleague in Library and Learning Services. Lucy was taken ill earlier this year and had been receiving ongoing treatment.
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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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Leicester scientists describe astronomical phenomenon never witnessed before
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-scientists-describe-2018astronomical-phenomenon-never-witnessed-before2019
Researchers from our University have contributed to a simultaneous global announcement - in London, Washington DC, and Munich - of the discovery and results from the joint detection of gravitational waves and light from the collision of a pair of mutually...
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Rum rocks to play a key role in Mars space mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/rum-rocks-mars
Space scientist Professor John Bridges from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester have been collecting samples of rock from the NatureScot National Nature Reserve for the Mars Sample Return Campaign.
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SMILE Mission
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/smile-mission
ESA/CAS mission SMILE to study the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere
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Local students begin to take their LEAP into University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/local-students-begin-to-take-their-leap-into-university
On Wednesday 21 January, the University welcomed 40 local school and college students onto campus to begin to take their LEAP into University at the launch of our new Leicester Enhanced Access Programme (LEAP).
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10th November 2017 Sol 1871 – Scottish Quadrangle on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/11/10/10th-november-2017-sol-1871-scottish-quadrangle-on-mars/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 10, 2017 The field area for Curiosity along its traverse (currently nearly 18 km) is divided into a series of map qaudrangles. Each of these has outcrop and feature names based on a region of Earth e.g.
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Zeiss LSM 980 Airyscan 2
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/laser-microscopes/zeiss-lsm-980-airyscan-2
Learn more about the Zeiss LSM 980 Airyscan 2 microscope housed in the Advanced Imaging Facility.