Europe mulls human launch system
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Industrial groups in Europe are about to look in detail at ideas for a new launch system to put humans in space.
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Sir Richard Branson has kick-started a new space race, with plans to start tourist trips to the edge of the atmosphere. But are we ready for holidays at the final frontier?
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Already a leading launch area for scientific balloons in northern Europe, operations at Sweden's Esrange launch facility will expand next year with NASA's decision to use it for launches of its largest ...
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US and European astronauts are preparing for their second spacewalk of the current shuttle mission.
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Cosmonauts are to carry a copy of the EU constitution into space, as EU leaders seek to raise its profile.
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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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ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated Mars mission.To go to Mars is still a dream and one of the last gigantic challenges.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the US plan to bring its missile shield to Europe, and the European response.
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EADS wants to boldly go where plenty have been before and beat the likes of Richard Branson to the stars.   The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company wants to get into the space tourism business before 2010.
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On Tuesday, 50 space experts and advocates are gathering to ask whether the United States is on the right track with its plans for space exploration.
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HOUSTON &#x2014; Astronauts deliver Europe's first manned space lab to the International Space Station (ISS) today, though with a different lineup than originally planned.
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Forget e-mail. How about space mail? In an experiment combining elements of a package delivery service, the sport of kite surfing and a REALLY big fishing reel, Russian and European engineers on Tuesday sought to pioneer a technology that could be used in the future to retrieve cargo from space.
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Already a leading launch area for scientific balloons in northern Europe, operations at Sweden's Esrange launch facility will expand next year with NASA's decision to use it for launches of its largest scientific balloons, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Scientists from across the United Kingdom met in London last week to consider exploring space by the use of compact, low-cost satellites. U.K.
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There have been two important pieces of space-related news recently, the first of which was the European moon probe&#39;s success in entering the moon&#39;s orbit.
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Astronauts from Europe and other nations could fly early to the space station on short tours to make ready new laboratories.
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European Space Agency -- Scattered in universities across Europe, a 250-strong team of students have never collectively met in person, but between them they have built a space-ready satellite. SSETI Express is currently being integrated in an ESA cleanroom for a planned launch in May next year...