OREANDA-NEWS. March 02, 2011. Russia has drawn up a programme of space research until the year 2035 that provides for the exploration of the Moon, Mars and distant planets, says the Head of the Rosсosmos Space Agency Anatoly Perminov in an interview with the Voice of Russia.

He described a manned flight to Mars as one of the more ambitious projects. According to him, the Russian GLONASS orbital navigation system is due to be completed later this year.