Britain: Astronaut Flight Reconsidered
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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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It was supposed to look for signs of life on Mars. Then it stopped showing signs of life itself. Built on a &quot;shoestring&quot; budget of pounds 45m, space probe Beagle 2 was designed to put Britain at the centre of the international space programme.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- This week&#39;s trip to the international space station will be the cosmonauts&#39; first flight in a Soyuz spacecraft -- a rupture with the 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.
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The accusations against an astronaut arenât as strange as they may seem.
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Contradicting NASA policy in a long and bitter debate over science and safety, a panel of the National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday that the
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NASA knows Columbia sustained damage on liftoff. But engineers' concerns get swept aside by mission control, at the cost of seven lives. Compiled by Tony Long.
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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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I have been to zero gravity and flown like Superman. This is something that only astronauts and the stars of Apollo 13 have done before.
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The UK must play an active and central role in future human space missions, a report concludes.
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LONDON: In an unfortunate coincidence for Britain&#39;s favourite entrepreneurial billionaire-showman, the promise to offer the world&#39;s first commercial space flights in less than three years, has hit its first stumbling block a dismal transport record back
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Passengers from the following British Airways flights have been asked to contact British officials.
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Astronauts assigned to NASA's first space shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster said on Friday they are confident mistakes and technical problems that led to that accident are in the past.
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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 18    WASHINGTON -- Two astronauts finished the fourth spacewalk of Atlantis mission, safely re-entering the International Space Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT (2254 GMT) on Sunday, according to NASA TV.
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com September 29, 2004, 7:06 AM PT. MOJAVE, Calif.--A specialized plane carrying a suborbital spacecraft took off shortly before 7:15 am PDT in an attempt to complete the first phase in the race to privatize space travel.
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The UK-led Beagle 2 team maintains its Mars lander was probably lost because of unexpected atmospheric conditions during entry.
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Richard Branson plans to fly the first commercial passengers into space. Let&#39;s hope we experience delays. This week Sir Richard Branson announced his plans to fly the first commercial passengers into space.
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NASA is planning to begin a mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, but a last-minute dispute is raising fundamental questions about the risks.