Britain will set out Wednesday its eagerness to continue space exploration and nuclear fusion research with its European neighbors after Brexit.

The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEu) is to outline the country's clear objectives for continued scientific collaboration with Europe.

The objectives form part of the latest position paper, the first paper since last week's negotiations in Brussels.

The paper on science and innovation will lay out a range of mechanisms and areas for future collaboration that Britain will seek to discuss with the Europe Union (EU) as part of the negotiations on the future partnership.

The message from Westminster is that continued collaboration in science and innovation is seen as an important part of Britain's future partnership with the EU.

Brexit Secretary David Davis said: "Prime Minister Theresa May has set that a global Britain must be a country that looks to the future. This paper sends a clear message to the research and innovation community that we value their work and we feel it is crucial that we maintain collaboration with our European partners after we exit."

"We want to attract the brightest minds to the UK to build on the already great work being done across the country to ensure that our future is bright and we grow this important sector."

Britain's space sector is worth over 15.4 billion U.S. dollars and employs at least 37,000 people around the country, with its work in the European Space Agency putting astronaut Tim Peake in space and enabling Britain to explore Mars.

The position paper considers areas where there are precedents for countries outside the EU to participate in pan-European programs such as Galileo and Copernicus.

Britain plans to continue to collaborate with European partners through international organizations that are not part of the EU such as the EUREKA network that helps small- and medium-sized companies collaborate on R&D across borders and CERN, the European platform for particle physics and the fundamental laws of nature of which Britain was a founding member.

Science Minister Jo Johnson said: "From space exploration and developing better and safer medicines, to nuclear fusion research, the UK and Europe have a long history of close collaboration."

"It's in our mutual benefit to maintain this successful partnership, and this paper clearly outlines our desire to have full and open discussion with the EU to shape our joint future," he added.

The position paper will also lay out projects on nuclear research including the Oxfordshire-based JET (Joint European Torus) which is funded by the Euratom Research and Training program and supports 1,300 jobs in Britain, 600 of which are highly skilled scientists and engineers.