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.

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Articles

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s four-year effort to settle on a scientifically rich but accessible landing site for its Mars 2020 rover moved toward a conclusion this week.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)-led cognitive radio experiment using an external ISS testbed offers potential advances in intelligent wireless comms.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who survived a recent Russian Soyuz rocket launch abort, has expressed confidence in the agency’s ISS partners.
Defense and Space