Russia teams up with European Space Agency in bid to launch first manned mission to Mars

Just three weeks after Nasa's 30-year shuttle programme finally came to an end, it looks like the space race might already be back on.

Russia is teaming up with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch the first manned mission to Mars.

Speaking at an air show at Zhukovsky, near Moscow, ESA chief Jean-Jacques Dordain said his agency and Roskosmos will 'carry out the first flight to Mars together.

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