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According to Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, today modern technologies make it possible to fly to Mars, nevertheless it will be a conquest but not exploration.

In accordance with training conditions the crew has to perform the following operations: changing clothes inside the descent module, building shelters, signaling to search aircrafts, medical treatment of the injured person and cooperation with the search and rescue teams.

According to the Head of Russian ESA office Rene Pischel, Russian Soyuz-ST boosters will be launched 4 times from European Kourou spaceport (South America) in 2014.

Once again Baikonur spaceport became a leader in terms of quantity of space launches performed since 23 boosters with space devices we launched from its launchpads in 2013, - Roscosmos reports.

Medium altitude of the ISS orbit was increased by about 2 km with the help of docked with the ISS…

ESA general director Jean-Jacques Dordain told reporters that further cooperation could follow last year’s agreement to jointly develop the ExoMars mission to search for signs of life on the Red Planet.

Soyuz rockets launched from Vostochny spaceport will be equipped with onboard video control system observing rocket’s behavior in space (particularly stage separation) as well as with new onboard computers and storage battaries.

The satellite was made on the order of Turkish Turksat Satellite Communication, Cable TV and Operation A.S. satellite communication operator. The satellite will be launched with the help of Proton-M booster and Briz-M upper stage in February.

ISS reboost maneuver was to take place on January 16 to create optimal conditions for Progress M-22M cargo vehicle launched from Baikonur on February 5 docking with the ISS. However today the spokesman for space industry reported that Station reboost maneuver scheduled for January 16 was shifted to January 18 because of space debris.

According to ILS press-office 6-tons device Intelsat-31 (Intelsat DLA-2)will be launched first in 2015 , it has to provide TV broadcasting for Latin America. Now the satellite is being designed by SSL company.