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.
Looking to close dozens of capability gaps for reaching Mars with human explorers, NASA expects to rely on activities aboard the International Space Station and future lunar-orbiting Gateway, as well as terrestrial work in locations that can act as analogs for the red planet.
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is confident in the well-being of the International Space Station (ISS) and ongoing efforts to soon resume full staffing of the 15-nation orbiting science lab with launches from U.S. soil.
New research based on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission has revealed the surface of the asteroid Ryugu is composed of a sand-like, cohesionless material, making it essentially a “rubble pile” in space.
