Mark Carreau

Houston

Writer and Researcher at Freelance

Space Correspondent at Aviation Week

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Senate Panel Moves To Keep NASA Artemis Mission Assets

3 weeks 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.
Orbiting Laser Power Seen As Lunar Exploration Asset

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

Artist's concept of NASA’s Lunar Flashlight, a CubeSat that will use lasers to look for water ice, in a position over the Moon's south pole. HOUSTON—Among the challenges faced by NASA in establishing a sustainable human presence at the Moon is the generation of electrical power required over the frigid, two-week lunar nights as well as during exploration of permanently shadowed areas. Nuclear and solar with batteries for power storage...
ACMI Advancing NASA Johnson’s Exploration Park Development

3 weeks 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 Johnson’s Exploration Park Development Advances

3 weeks 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.
Despite Launch Delay, AX-4 Crewmembers Remain Enthusiastic

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

The crewmembers of the Axiom Mission 4 are, from left, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Commander Peggy Whitson from the U.S., and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uzanański-Wiśniewksi from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary. HOUSTON—Enthusiasm among crewmembers of the fourth Axiom Space private astronaut mission (AX-4) to the International Space Station (ISS) remains high despite a launch delay to no earlier than June 10.
U.S. Astronaut Hall Of Fame Inducts Bernard Harris, Peggy Whitson

3 weeks 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 Fixes Psyche Asteroid Mission Propulsion Issue

4 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

HOUSTON—NASA says it has remedied a drop in the pressure of the electric propulsion system fuel line aboard the Psyche spacecraft that is en route to a large, metal-rich main belt asteroid of the same name. The solution was a switch to the backup fuel line to four thrusters that are solar powered to...
NASA Repairs Psyche Asteroid Mission Propulsion Issue

4 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

HOUSTON—NASA says it has remedied a drop in the pressure of the electric propulsion system fuel line aboard the Psyche spacecraft that is en route to a large, metal-rich main belt asteroid of the same name. The solution was a switch to the backup fuel line to four thrusters that are solar powered to...
Artemis III Orion Capsule Computers Powered On And Tested

1 month 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.
Blue Origin Readies For 12th Crewed New Shepard Suborbital Launch

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

HOUSTON—Blue Origin is planning for the launch of its 12th New Shepard suborbital private astronaut mission with six crewmembers on May 31. Liftoff from Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, is set for a launch window that opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The crewmembers for the brief journey beyond the Karman...