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 Mars 2020 robotic rover mission faces potential cost and technical challenges that could jeopardize efforts to meet a 20-day, midyear launch window, the agency’s IG says.
A Japanese cargo mission freighter is conducting a demo of JAXA electrodynamic tether technology to help stem the rise of large pieces of orbital debris.
John Grunsfeld—NASA’s former associate administrator for science, Hubble Space Telescope astronaut repair specialist and astrophysicist—has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the National Space Trophy.
