UK aims to be major space player
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Science minister Lord Sainsbury says the UK will remain key to the Aurora programme and will head back to Mars.
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LONDON - Britain&#39;s Sir Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman by announcing a US$100 million (S$170 million) plan to take well-heeled passengers, with him possibly being among the first, for a sub-orbital ride into space.
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A proposal for the UK to join the International Space Station project is put forward by a group of scientists and engineers.
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Europe is set for a remarkably busy period in space as it prepares to send a lab, a cargo truck and other gear to the space station.
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The head of the US space agency, NASA, says private enterprise will play an important role in space in the future. While visiting California, NASA administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe watched the launch of the privately
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Chinese people are expected to realise their dream of space tourism in 20 years with the country conducting research into the commercialisation of space technology, a senior space official has said.
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Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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The UK government is to invest an extra Â£21m in Europe's civil satellite navigation system.
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UK must try to produce more astronauts in space or risk missing out on scientific, economic and cultural benefits, panel says.
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The UK is set to launch its first Skynet 5 spacecraft, a key  component in its new military satellite system.
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LONDON -- Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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The military looks into cutting its heavy dependence on fossil fuels by launching a space-based energy system.
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Space company Virgin Galactic urges the government to allow it to launch passenger flights from the UK.
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The election on Nov. 2 will have many far-reaching implications, not the least of which is mankind&#39;s fledgling reach into space.
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Beijing is trying to position itself as a space benefactor to countries whose natural resources it covets here on earth.
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Europe's Huygens spacecraft is set to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon titan.
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Britain is rethinking its decision to stay out of the manned space race, the country's science minister said Thursday as the government outlined plans to build an international space research facility.