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
A pinched nerve in the neck of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is the reason the agency has postponed his planned Aug. 24 spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA plans to send a wide range of science and technology investigations to the International Space Station on an upcoming SpaceX resupply mission.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has postponed plans for an Aug. 24 spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) by U.S. and Japanese astronauts due to a “minor medical issue” involving NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei.
Space