* Astronomy

Europe space ministers meet to decide Mars rover plan

Europe's research ministers are meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, to decide whether or not to push ahead with plans to land a robot rover on Mars in 2021.
The UK-assembled vehicle would search for life on the Red Planet by sampling soil drilled from under the surface.
But the project is late, and now needs another 400m (£345m; $430m) to be sure of meeting its launch deadline.
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