Mark Carreau

Space Correspondent

Houston

Summary

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.

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Articles

By Mark Carreau
HOUSTON— Though Congress has yet to embrace NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), top agency officials are close to a pair of key

By Mark Carreau
HOUSTON—A NASA overview of the health risks associated with long-duration space missions recommends more flight assignments for women to help gather

By Mark Carreau
HOUSTON—NASA faces a funding challenge in every quarter, from its ambitious human spaceflight and science initiatives to the upkeep of its far-flung