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.
Russia’s MS-13 Soyuz capsule was relocated from the ISS's Russian segment Zvezda service module to the Poisk module docking port to clear the way for a second attempt at docking the upgraded but unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 Soyuz crew capsule .
The linkup had been scheduled for 1:31 a.m., EST, and it was not clear why the capsule's Kurs automated docking system was unable to lock on to the station.
Russia’s Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft is expected to dock with the International Space Station Aug. 24, part of a test of the upgraded Soyuz 2.1a rocket’s ability to launch cosmonauts and astronauts to the ISS beginning in March 2020.
