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.
NASA has awarded EarthDaily, a global Earth intelligence company, a $3 million task order to provide the space agency and U.S. Geological Survey with data and technical support.
Striving to establish a human deep space presence while maintaining a 26-year human presence in low Earth orbit after the ISS is deorbited, NASA is revising its science strategy to hasten the pursuits and improve affordability.
