NASA newsletters and reports on planetary programmes, collected by Colin Pillinger NASA updates on planetary science programmes, including the following: Mars exploration programme/Viking mission Mars Data Analysis programme Planetary materials programme Space Shuttle Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar (VOIR) Galileo project (Jupiter Orbiter/Probe) Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 Pioneer Venus orbiter Solar maximum mission Solar Polar mission Comet Encke rendezvous Mars geochemical orbiter Mars sample return Saturn orbiter dual probe Includes a diagram of planetary operational spacecraft as of July 1979, FY78 Mars Programme Steering Group conclusions, a NASA five year planning document for fiscal years 1979 - 1983 and a White House fact sheet on US Civil Space Policy. In addition, a newsletter reporting the discovery of 3.3 billion year old fossil evidence for photosynthesis. 25 July 1977 - 5 November 1979