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
James M. Beggs, who served as the sixth of NASA’s 13 administrators, died April 23 in Bethesda, Maryland, where he lived.
Space

By Mark Carreau
At 30 years old, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) remains vibrant thanks to its far-reaching discoveries and their implications for people living on Earth as well as those eager to explore beyond our planet.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s MS-14 Progress resupply capsule successfully docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment early April 25, less than 3 1/2 hr. after lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space