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.

Articles

By Mark Carreau
Artemis I, NASA’s approaching test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and uncrewed Orion capsule around the Moon and back to Earth, could be paving the way for more than human deep-space exploration if the world’s most powerful rocket lives up to expectations that include launching more than astronauts.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is partnering with HeroX crowdsources to seek proposals for implementing various aspects of the overall challenge of recycling and disposing of waste during deep-space missions.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Space