“So far, no such flights are planned, and this is not the basis of state policy,” RIA Novosti quotes Mikrina.
He specified that before such flights, flights to the Moon, which are indicated in the program documents, should take place.
In May 2019, it became known that in April 2020 it is planned to test the Russian landing module, which in March 2021, as part of the ExoMars-2020 joint program with Europe, will land on Mars. The ExoMars-2020 station consists of a European flight module and a Russian landing module.
In July 2019, NASA chief James Brydenstein allowed the possibility of a manned flight to Mars in 2033. US President Donald Trump said that soon the American flag will appear on Mars.