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 Johnson Space Center in Houston remained closed to all but essential personnel Aug. 29, four days after major hurricane-turned-tropical storm Harvey barged ashore on the Texas coast.
JSC management was to huddle Aug. 28 to assess the status of the center, which employees about 10,500 federal civil servants and contractor personnel, and when it might re-open.
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe should join its twin, Voyager 1, by departing the Solar System in 2–3 years, according to one of the project’s longest-serving science team members.
