At a meeting at the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland this week, scientists outlined what this could achieve.

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The British pilots are being supported by flight director Clive Bailey and weather expert Luc Trullemans in the Flight Control Centre at a Bristol hotel.

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The school exists to this day - although it is now based at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire - and over the decades has cemented its reputation as a global centre for flight instruction.

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Orion has just passed its preliminary design review and a test version of the Ares 1 stands ready at the Kennedy Space Centre for a demonstration flight in October.

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Always a precocious sporting talent at school and a member of Bath RFC since the age of seven, it was not long before the centre broke into the top flight of the domestic game.

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And what will they do when their centre supreme bows out of top-flight rugby?

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Mr Milutinovic was taken by car to a United Nations detention centre in the city after arriving on a special flight from Belgrade.

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Bisou survived the flight in the hold unscathed but is now staying at a quarantine centre in Derbyshire.

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Squadron leader Spike Wright, the officer commanding Sea Flight 22 Squadron, said those hoping to visit the mountain and new centre should be prepared for the mountain's dangers.

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Wales international midfielder Joe Ledley and centre-back Roger Johnson are two of the hottest properties outside the top-flight and have attracted attention.

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