Thursday 16th August Sol 11

We have now completed 12 sols of work on Mars.  Our work has been split into a combination of instrument checking, starting to look at the new data, particularly the MastCam images, and planning ahead.  As the mission progresses we will spend a higher proportion of our time analysing the data as it comes in. 

In the floor above our work rooms the MER Opportunity team still work on that rover’s data.  Opportunity is a solar powered rover with fewer instruments and smaller than Curiosity.  Landed in 2004 that has been a remarkable success story and gives great optimism for the future of Curiosity.

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This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards... I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions. You can also follow the planetary science activities with @LeicsPlanets Professor John Bridges, School of Physics and Astronomy

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