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.
The International Space Station partnership has rescheduled planned Russian Soyuz crew landing and launching operations in June to keep the ISS staffed with six crewmembers for as long as possible during a demanding activity period.
A series of laboratory experiments under simulated Martian environmental conditions may help to explain seasonal changes in the appearance of the Red Planet’s Recurring Slope Linae.
NASA’s Human Research Program and the agency funded National Space Biomedical Research Institute will pursue 27 study proposals related to health issues facing astronauts assigned to future long-duration deep space missions.
