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 is teaming with crowdsource solutions sponsor HeroX, computer game developer Epic Games and real-time graphics developer Buendea to sponsor the NASA MarsXR Challenge, a call for contributions to a virtual reality testbed environment meant to simulate experiences and situations that future astronauts might encounter on Mars.
Four astronauts are headed for a splashdown in waters off the Florida peninsula early May 6, following their departure from the International Space Station aboard NASA’s Crew-3 SpaceX Endurance Dragon spacecraft.
