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[i]Canada and Europe are discussing a deal with Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, for Soyuz spacecraft to fly short-duration missions beginning sometime between 2013 and 2016. "We are looking how to complement our current flight opportunities, and we are indeed discussing [this] with Roscosmos," said Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA's director of human spaceflight. The Canadian Space Agency is also negotiating with Roscosmos to pay for an extra Soyuz flight, but the talks are still preliminary, according to Gilles Leclerc, agency's director-general for space exploration. "There's only been a couple of calls to Roscosmos," Leclerc said in a June 25 interview. "The Canadian Space Agency has discussed with Roscosmos the possibility of producing an additional Soyuz spacecraft that would serve the needs of the ISS partners." Although flights lasting one to three weeks are most likely under the potential deal, ESA and CSA could mount longer missions of up to several months. ESA and Russia are evaluating both options and should issue a technical report by September, Di Pippo said June 30.[/i]
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