Mark Carreau

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Space Correspondent at Aviation Week

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SpaceOps: NASA Safety Panel Flags ISS Risks

1 day ago | aviationweek.com | Irene Klotz |Mark Carreau

The U.S. plans to operate the International Space Station (ISS) for another five years, but risks to the orbital outpost are a growing concern, an independent NASA safety oversight panel says. The ISS, which has hosted rotating teams of astronauts and cosmonauts since 2000, is experiencing a small but persistent air leak in the Russian segment, cause unknown. The air is leaking from cracks in the access tunnel, known as the PrK, between the Russian Zvezda service model and a docking port.
Cargo Dragon Docks To International Space Station

2 days ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

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.
NASA's Lucy Mission Makes 2nd Asteroid Close Approach

3 days ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

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.
Three NASA, Russian Space Station Crew Return To Earth

4 days ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner departed the International Space Station (ISS) for a parachute-assisted landing and recovery in remote Kazakhstan to conclude the latest crew exchange onboard the seven-person orbital lab.
Three NASA, Russian Space Station Crew Return to Earth

4 days ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

HOUSTON -- Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner departed the International Space Station (ISS) for a parachute assisted landing and recovery in remote Kazakhstan to conclude the latest crew exchange aboard the seven person orbital lab.
NASA Safety Panel Raises Space Station Concerns

6 days ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

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.
NASA Curiosity Rover Findings Point To A More Watery Martian Past

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 180-deg. view of Mount Sharp’s Gediz Vallis channel, which was likely formed by large floods of water and jumbles of rocks. On the left is a pile of sulfate-rich rocks, nicknamed “Hinman Col.”NASA’s Curiosity rover has provided new evidence of at least intermittent large bodies of liquid water on the surface of Mars, bolstering theories that the planet once harbored a thicker, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere and warmer temperatures.
NASA Curiosity Rover Points To A More Watery Martian Past

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 180-deg. view of Mount Sharp’s Gediz Vallis channel, which was likely formed by large floods of water and jumbles of rocks. On the left is a pile of sulfate-rich rocks, nicknamed “Hinman Col.”NASA’s Curiosity rover has provided new evidence of at least intermittent large bodies of liquid water on the surface of Mars, bolstering theories that the planet once harbored a thicker, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere and warmer temperatures.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Points To More Watery Martian Past

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

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.
Ad Astra Advances Plasma Rocket Development

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

HOUSTON—The Ad Astra Rocket Co. has completed a 30-month NASA contract to continue advancing its Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) concept with the potential to reach Mars within an estimated 45 days using a nuclear power source. Established in 2005, Ad Astra has been working...