Mark Carreau

Space Correspondent

Houston, TX

Summary

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.

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Articles

By Mark Carreau
Radar-sounding instrumentation aboard the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has detected what appears to be a stable body of briny water.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has narrowed the cause of a problem aboard the GOES-17 spacecraft.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Blue Origin’s July 18 test launch of the New Shepard rocket’s escape system also helped to commercially advance new technologies.
Defense