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.
Spacesuit researchers are working on a rescue system that would use automated navigation to help a spacewalking astronaut return to safety in an emergency.
NASA must do better at focusing on the health risks astronauts will face if they are to live, work and explore beyond low Earth orbit for extended periods, an assessment says.
Three U.S., European and Russian astronauts and cosmonauts returned safely to Earth Dec. 14 to conclude a 139-day tour on the International Space Station.
