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• July 5th 2013 Sol 324

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/05/july-5th-2013-sol-324/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 5, 2013   I am visiting the French ChemCam HQ in the CNRS lab based in Toulouse.  Some of the development of ChemCam was done by the group here.

• 17th February 2014 Sol 545

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/17/17th-february-2014-sol-545/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 17, 2014 As we approach a full martian year (669 sols) we have travelled about 5 km.  There is fine tuning to be done on the route to get us relatively quickly to the clay and iron oxide concentrations in Mt.

• 12th May 2013 Sol 272

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/05/12/12th-may-2013-sol-272/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2013 Here is an image of the drillhole, and the tailings around it, taken by the MAHLI microimager on the robotic arm.  In the tailings pile and within the hole (it is 1.

• 16th April 2014 Sol602

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/16/16th-april-2014-sol602/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 16, 2014 The science team is meeting at the California Institute of Technology this week. One of our tasks is to select a drill site at Kimberley. Meanwhile we are gathering data on our location.

• 18th March 2016 Sol 1285

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/18/18th-march-2016-sol-1285/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 18, 2016 One of the ChemCam capabilities is to use its  Remote MicroImager (RMI) to take images of our laser LIBS targets, but also of more distant features.

• 16th August 2016 Sol 1432

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/08/16/16th-august-2016-sol-1432/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 16, 2016 The Veins of Mars The Veins of Mars Dr Samuel Illingworth of Manchester Metropolitan University has written a poem about the sulphate veins on Mars that we have just published about in Meteoritics and...

• Emma Bunce Discusses Planetary Missions on RAS podcast

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/01/prof-bunce-interviewed-for-ras-podcast/

  Posted by slc25 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 October 2020 “I think I would probably go back in time and pick Voyager… “ Our Head of School, and President of the Royal Astronomical Society Prof.

• Celebrating International Women’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/22/celebrating-international-womens-day/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 March 2021 International Women’s Day 2021 was celebrated on 8 March 2021 with a programme of online events. The wall of women returned to the University in virtual form.

• 29th November 2016 Sol 1534

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/1970/01/01/29th-november-2016-sol-1534/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 1, 1970 We have started our 19th drill or scoop.  Curiosity now aims to drill at regular elevation intervals (25 m) as we progress up through the Murray formation.

• Sunday 5th August. Landing Day.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/05/sunday-5th-august-landing-day/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2012 I get up to a beautiful day in California with humming birds feeding and clear views of the San Gabriel Mountains. We will have a final MSL team briefing  tonight at 9 pm PDT.