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.
Currently, the launching of Russia’s Soyuz TMA-17M with NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Kononenko to restore normal six-person operations, once set for May 26, is planned for late July 22.
NASA astronaut Terry Virts, the European Space Agency’s Samantha Cristoforetti and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov landed just eight hours shy of having spent 200 days in orbit.
“The solar sail is looking great, and we just could not be more pleased with the way it turned out, especially with all the ups and downs the project has been through,” Project Manager Doug Stetson says.
