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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 16
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/16/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/12/
The 2021 Partial Solar Eclipse Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 11 June 2021 June 10th gave skywatchers a glimpse of an awesome celestial phenomenon… albeit through the cloudy skies of Leicestershire.
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6th February 2017 Sol 1602
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/02/06/6th-february-2017-sol-1602/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 6, 2017 We have started the second part of the Bagnold Dunes campaign. This NavCam image shows Bagnold dunes in front of Ireson Hill. This first in the current dunes campaign is Called Mapleton.
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Thursday 23rd August Sol 17
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/23/thursday-23rd-august-sol-17/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 23, 2012 The team has taken a break as Governor of California visits JPL to hear about MSL. We also have the first wide angle images HazCam (Hazard Cameras at the front and back of Curiosity) to look at.
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5th January 2014 Sol 503
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/05/5th-january-2014-sol-505/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 5, 2014 After the break over the holidays we are back analysing and driving. It is small drives so far.
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Thursday 23rd August Sol 17
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/23/thursday-23rd-august-sol-17-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 23, 2012 The team has taken a break as Governor of California visits JPL to hear about MSL. We also have the first wide angle images HazCam (Hazard Cameras at the front and back of Curiosity) to look at.
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24th June 2016 Sol 1380
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/06/24/24th-june-2016-sol-1380/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 24, 2016 Here is the latest HiRISE image of Curiosity. It shows the rover on the Naukluft Plateau where we have been for the last few months.
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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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13th October 2015 Sol 1133
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/13/13th-october-2015-sol-1133/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 13, 2015 Here is the latest selfie – perhaps the best yet. It is from the Big Sky drill site (you can see the Big Sky drill hole and the drill tailings) in the lower left.
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Thursday 6th December Sol 119
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/06/thursday-6th-december-sol-119/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 6, 2012 NASA HQ have announced that the mission lifetime of MSL has been extended indefinitely, beyond the current one martian year (2 terrestrial years).