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.
Radiation exposures that human explorers are likely to encounter from galactic cosmic radiation on deep space missions to the Martian environs appear responsible for long-term brain damage in rodents that served as human analogue subjects in ground-based experiments.
The powerful storm cleared KSC at mid-morning Oct. 7, leaving what appeared to be limited roof damage to buildings and other facilities, disrupted electrical and water utilities and scattered debris, according to NASA.
Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, has set Oct. 19 as the new launch date for the Soyuz MS-02 with a three-man U.S. and Russian crew to the International Space Station.
