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.
Restore-L, a NASA-initiated mission to demonstrate telerobotic satellite servicing technologies in low Earth orbit, has cleared its preliminary design review.
The International Space Station received new opportunities to display its versatility as an orbiting testbed early Dec. 17, with the berthing of SpaceX's 13th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply vessel and 4,800 lb. of crew supplies, science experiments and technology demonstrations.
Spacesuit researchers are working on a rescue system that would use automated navigation to help a spacewalking astronaut return to safety in an emergency.
