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.
City officials broke ground June 28 on the first phase of infrastructure development for the Houston Spaceport, which was licensed by the FAA in June 2015 for runway-based, suborbital commercial space operations.
Beginning July 1 visitors to NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) here can see the newly refurbished Mission Operations Control Room that oversaw Apollo 11.
During its 2.5-year primary mission, the Dragonfly rotorcraft/lander will take off and fly, perhaps dozens of times, to cover a range of 100 to 120 mi. of Titan's surface.
