Support for a NASA Evolvable Mars Campaign strategy that would establish a single Exploration Zone on the Red Planet is growing, according to those within the agency nurturing the concept.

Portions of the information technology and physical infrastructure of NASA’s Near Earth Network, part of the agency’s far-reaching Space Communications and Navigation Program, face security risks, says an audit by Paul K. Martin, the agency’s inspector general.

Russia has approved a 10-year, 1.4 trillion ruble ($20.51 billion) budget for space programs, according to a March 17 announcement posted on the government’s website.

“The number is going to be in the billions; there’s no doubt about that,” Gen. John Hyten told the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee March 15. “But exactly where it comes out I don’t know."

India will launch 25 foreign satellites this year and next year using its indigenous launch vehicle as it strives to increase its presence in the global space launch market.

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NASA is funding Lockheed Martin to complete preliminary design of an X-plane demonstrator to show whether the shock-wave signature of a 100-120-seat low-boom supersonic airliner would be acceptable to the public, clearing the way for supersonic flight over land.