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 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has rescheduled the launch of its fifth resupply mission to the International Space Station for Aug. 19, following two previous delays blamed on heavy rains at Tanageshima Space Center.
Russia’s Progress 58 cargo capsule departed the International Space Station early Aug. 14, kicking off a month-long series of spacecraft comings and goings that will bring supplies and new crewmembers to the six-person orbiting science laboratory.
Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance has reached a cooperative agreement with NASA that will establish a commercial materials exposure lab outside the International Space Station, a facility being structured for clients well beyond the traditional military and civil aerospace communities.
