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.
The air pressure within the habitable volume of the International Space Station held steady Aug. 31, a day after the six-person crew hustled to locate and internally seal a small leak in the orbital compartment of the Soyuz MS-09 crew transport capsule.
Future human exploration and science missions are the focus of 15 new techs selected by NASA for further development through its flight opportunities program.
