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.
NASA’s planned return to the Moon with astronauts nurture a range of technologies and capabilities needed to establish an Antarctic-like field station on Mars, according to a recent exploration workshop.
NASA is soliciting input from U.S. companies on requirements for commercially re-supplying the human-tended, lunar-orbiting Gateway it plans to begin assembling in 2022.
NASA could make better use of funds invested in the renovation of its historic facilities by ensuring revenues generated from future tenants are directed toward the agency’s mission objectives, according to NASA’s inspector general.
