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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/5/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Monday 15th October Sol 69
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/15/monday-15th-october-sol-69/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 15, 2012 As we are currently static in Rocknest the use of the Mast instruments comes to the fore. In particular, ChemCam is important. ChemCam uses a laser to hit rocks at a distance of metres away.
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Monday 19th Nov. Sol 103
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/19/monday-19th-nov-sol-103/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 19, 2012 The REMS instruments (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) on the rover mast has been sending back information about wind direction and atmospheric pressure over the last 100 sols.
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Friday 17th August Sol 12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/18/friday-17th-august-sol-12/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 18, 2012 We have chosen our first long term direction for Curiosity – and it is going about 0.5 km towards the NE, to an important junction between 3 different rock types. The site has been named Glenelg.
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3rd March 2016 Sol 1271
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/03/3rd-march-2016-sol-1271/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 3, 2016 Every year, much of the planetary science community gather at the Lunar and Planetary Science conference in Houston.
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Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century
Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.
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English language requirements for subjects requiring the equivalent to IELTS 7.0
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/entry-reqs/eng-lang-reqs/ielts-70
Find out the equivalent to an IELTS score of 7.0 if you’ve taken a different English language test or qualification.
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English language requirements for subjects requiring the equivalent to IELTS 7.5
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/entry-reqs/eng-lang-reqs/ielts-75
Find out the equivalent to an IELTS score of 7.5 if you’ve taken a different English language test or qualification.
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Leicester receives world-class bioscience investment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/leicester-receives-world-class-bioscience-investment
Our University has been awarded over £1.5million in order to advance knowledge and understanding in three key areas that impact on health.
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Tuition deposit
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/how-to-pay/deposit
We ask students from countries outside the EU to pay a deposit of £2,000 to secure a place on postgraduate courses starting in autumn 2019 (or later).