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.
Five NASA spacecraft either orbiting Mars or roving its surface will be isolated from terrestrial commanding due to a Red Planet solar conjunction between July 22-Aug. 1.
Five NASA spacecraft either orbiting or on Mars will be isolated from terrestrial commanding due to a Red Planet solar conjunction between July 22-Aug. 1.
During the tests in Galveston Bay off the coast of Texas, astronauts unstrapped themselves, crawled from their seats, opened a side or top hatch and deployed a lightweight raft intended to provide them with refuge until recovery forces arrive.
