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    #27: Party Like It's 1999 RQ36

    August 16th, 2016 · 36 minutes

    This fortnight: Mission to Mars details are forming and NASA is looking at some new potential planetary missions.

    This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

    • Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

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    Links and Show Notes

    Apollo 11 Flight Plan Re-Issue by Reproduction IO — Kickstarter
    SpaceX has shipped its Mars engine to Texas for tests | Ars Technica
    Moon Express becomes first private company to get US approval for lunar mission | The Verge
    Venus May Once Have Been Habitable | NASA
    Buildup of unusual launcher begins for NASA’s asteroid sample return mission – Spaceflight Now
    Missions - OSIRIS-REx - NASA Science
    NASA Selects Six Companies to Develop Habitat Prototypes, Concepts | NASA
    News | NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary Mission
    NASA might pick two Discovery missions, but at a price – Spaceflight Now
    NEOCam
    Psyche (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    16 Psyche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    NEOCam
    DAVINCI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Lucy (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Jupiter trojan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia