Dmitriev called the possibility of a human flight to Mars "increasingly real."

The possibility of a human flight to Mars is becoming more and more real. This was announced on April 17 by Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), on the social network X (former. Twitter).

"This is becoming more and more real," he wrote.

Prior to that, Dmitriev wrote on a social network about the importance of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States in the field of space exploration.

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Dmitry Bakanov, Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation, announced on April 12 that Roscosmos and NASA had agreed to synchronize the completion dates of work on the International Space Station (ISS). The head of Roscosmos also added that he would meet with new NASA administrator Jared Isaacman to discuss cooperation.