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.
Mars One will stress problem solving through teamwork as the Dutch nonprofit with investor- and reality-TV-backed ambitions of colonizing Mars in the late 2020s settles on a rigorous, five-day third round of a prolonged astronaut/settler selection process. Its date and place have yet to be set.
Roscosmos, the Russian state corporation for space activities, has formally rescheduled the launch of its first Modified Soyuz with three new International Space Station crewmembers from June 24 to July 7 to accommodate additional software testing.
