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  • March 30th 2013 Sol 231

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/30/march-30th-2013-sol-231/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 30, 2013 We are now back to full operations after the software problems, and getting in observations prior to the planetary conjunction.

  • 14th October 2013 Sol 424

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/14/october-14th-2013-sol-424/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 14, 2013 The noon to pre-dawn temperature variation at Gale Crater can be up to 90 degrees centigrade.   This MastCam image shows the effects of this extreme temperature variation.

  • 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.

  • Monday 14th January 2013 Sol 157

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/15/monday-14th-january-2013-sol-157/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 15, 2013 AS we are thinking about a drill target, the rock around us has a clastic texture, that is it is made of rounded grains that have been transported by water or wind.

  • 19th November 2013 Sol 459

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/19/19th-november-2013-sol-459/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 19, 2013 As we work in Gale Crater with Curiosity, other Mars missions are being planned and launched.

  • February 7th 2013 Sol 180

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/07/february-7th-2013-sol-180/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 7, 2013 Our latest drilling activity is shown in this Mahli image.  The circular drilled hole is 1.

  • March 20th 2013 Sol 221

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun.  This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.

  • 29th August 2013 Sol 378

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/29/29th-august-2013-sol-378/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2013 We are now about 300 m from Waypoint1.  That is one of the stopping off points on the way to the clay-rich horizon of Mt. Sharp.

  • Wednesday 9th Jan. 2013 Sol 153

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/14/wednesday-9th-jan-2013-sol-153/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2013 Another first for Curiosity’s instruments. We have deployed the brush (which is a rotating implement on the robotic arm) for the first time.

  • 24th July 2017 Sol 1765 Solar Conjunction

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/07/24/24th-july-2017-sol-1765-solar-conjunction/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 24, 2017 No new photos from Mars Science laboratory. Why? We have reached Solar Conjunction – this is the time in the planets’ orbits when Mars is obscured from the Earth by the Sun.

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