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.
As NASA looks to transition scientific research and development activities underway aboard the International Space Station to successor private-sector stations, it must identify and overcome the constraints, program officials warn.
United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi has been named to lift off to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission planned for launch next spring.
In its nearly 22 years of continuous staffing, the International Space Station has hosted more than 2,500 science investigations and technology-development activities, a legacy benefiting both life on Earth and the human exploration of deep space, according to a new report from NASA
