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
NASA’s newly selected SPHEREx mission will survey distant galaxies and the Milky Way to help chart the evolution of the universe and the presence of water and organics.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Long-running efforts to re-establish communications with NASA’s intrepid Opportunity rover on Mars have come to a close.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES West geostationary weather satellite has been declared operational, the agency declared Feb. 12.
Defense and Space