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.
With Houston hosting the Super Bowl for the third time, NASA’s Johnson Space Center is taking the opportunity to showcase the agency’s Mars exploration ambitions to visiting football fans.
Analysis of a meteorite of Martian origin confirms the now-cold and desert-like Red Planet was volcanically active for at least 2 billion years, a research effort shows.
The $2.4 billion endeavor is intended to seek out evidence of past microbial life on the Red Planet while laying the groundwork for future human exploration.
