Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting. He has written on U. S. space policy as well as NASA's human and space science initiatives.
Mark was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors and Headliners Foundation as well as the Chronicle in 2004 for news coverage of the shuttle Columbia tragedy and its aftermath.
He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from Kansas State University.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and others are attempting to make it clear that the International Space Station has the potential to light up a high-tech low Earth orbit economy and support humanity’s reach into deep space.
NASA is making progress with potential partner nations on a set of principles known as the Artemis Accords for governing future efforts to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon and then Mars, a NASA official says.
The International Space Station crewmembers ended their extended weekend isolation in the orbiting lab’s Russian segment on Aug. 25, part of an attempt to track down the source of a persistent pressure leak.
