Ministers consider UK astronauts
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The government is to launch a review into whether there should be British astronauts to take part in space exploration.
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China and 15 other countries joined NASA officials this week to consider how they might cooperate with US plans for human exploration of the moon and Mars.
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Passengers from the following British Airways flights have been asked to contact British officials.
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An influential panel of US scientists says Nasa's plans to return to the Moon offer great potential for exploration.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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By RON MOORE  A SALTIRE that has flown above the Scottish Parliament is to be taken into space by Nasa.   Astronaut Nick Patrick, whose mum is from Skye, will take the flag on his maiden space shuttle mission in December.
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The UK government is said to be considering limits for Bulgarians and Romanians seeking jobs in the UK.
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The British and Irish Governments are considering tabling their own proposals to break the power-sharing deadlock.
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Science Minister Ian Pearson said it was time to reconsider Britainâs 1986 decision not to invest in an astronaut space program.
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The British government is considering a provisional agreement over Iran&#39;s nuclear activities, a Foreign Office spokesman said Monday.
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The US space agency is likely to back plans to send a UK probe to the Moon, BBC News has learned.
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A failed European mission to land a probe on Mars last year was hampered by late funding from the British government and tensions between groups conducting the flight, a parliamentary committee said Tuesday.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- U.S. space officials will get a peek behind the closely guarded doors of China's space program this week during a visit that many experts believe is more about diplomacy than cooperation in technology.
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NASA is reviewing a list of&nbsp;fission-powered missions  that could pre-empt&nbsp;the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) effort now being  eyed for space travel no sooner than 2015.
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Ballistic brylcreem boys for Blighty The head of the Royal Air Force (RAF) has said the UK should have a manned space programme, and that his organisation should provide astronauts.â¦
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UK ministers are expected to give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations
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The British and French ministers for European affairs met Tuesday in London for talks ahead of next month&#39;s European Union summit, diplomatic sources said.