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.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashed down Friday with a 3,300-lb. return cargo just over 5 1/2 hours after departing the six-person International Space Station.
International Space Station commander Jeff Williams is set to embark on a planned 6- to 7-hr. spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on Sept. 1 to retract a 44-ft.-long radiator panel extended nearly four years ago to deal with a long-resolved ammonia coolant leak.
A British-led team of international astronomers has discovered a rocky, Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System.
