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.
HOUSTON — NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson will be prepared for a 2-3 hr. spacewalk to replace a failed backup computer control box outside the International Space Station (ISS) as soon as April 20, ISS mission managers announced April 16.
HOUSTON — U.S. astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson are prepping for a 2-3-hr. contingency spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), potentially on April 22, to replace a failed backup electronics box responsible for the operations of outstretched solar arrays, thermal control system components and the station’s mobile transporter.
