<p>This fortnight: Mission to Mars details are forming and NASA is looking at some new potential planetary missions.</p>
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<h4>Links and Show Notes</h4>  <h5><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/apollo11/apollo-11-flight-plan-re-issue" target="_blank">Apollo 11 Flight Plan Re-Issue by Reproduction IO — Kickstarter</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/spacex-has-shipped-its-mars-engine-to-texas-for-tests/" target="_blank">SpaceX has shipped its Mars engine to Texas for tests | Ars Technica</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12361256/moon-express-private-mission-spaceflight-us-government-approved" target="_blank">Moon Express becomes first private company to get US approval for lunar mission | The Verge</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-climate-modeling-suggests-venus-may-have-been-habitable" target="_blank">Venus May Once Have Been Habitable | NASA</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/08/08/buildup-of-unusual-launcher-begins-for-nasas-asteroid-sample-return-mission/" target="_blank">Buildup of unusual launcher begins for NASA’s asteroid sample return mission – Spaceflight Now</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/missions/osiris-rex/" target="_blank">Missions - OSIRIS-REx - NASA Science</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-six-companies-to-develop-prototypes-concepts-for-deep-space-habitats" target="_blank">NASA Selects Six Companies to Develop Habitat Prototypes, Concepts | NASA</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4727" target="_blank">News | NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary Mission</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/10/05/nasa-might-pick-two-discovery-missions-but-at-a-price/" target="_blank">NASA might pick two Discovery missions, but at a price – Spaceflight Now</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://neocam.ipac.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">NEOCam</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyche_(spacecraft)" target="_blank">Psyche (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche" target="_blank">16 Psyche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://neocam.ipac.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">NEOCam</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAVINCI" target="_blank">DAVINCI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" target="_blank">Lucy (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_trojan" target="_blank">Jupiter trojan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></h5>

28: Exoplanets

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