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.
Russian film actress Yulia Peresild and producer/director Klim Shipenko descended safely to Earth early Oct. 17 on the steppes of central Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft with International Space Station (ISS) cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy.
Axiom Space, which is working with NASA to develop a commercial successor to the International Space Station, announced this week the completion of three joint design reviews for the project.
NASA’s Human Landing System strategy, a key element of the agency’s effort to establish a sustained human presence at the Moon and go on to Mars, may appear embattled.
