Mark Craig:
CLASS OF 1966
Midland High SchoolClass of 1966
Midland, TX
purdue universClass of 1971
West lafayette, IN
Mark's Story
Having been bitten by the space bug while at San Jacinto Junior High, from MHS I went to Purdue and majored in astronautical engineering. I began working at NASA in Houston in 1967 as a co-op student on the Apollo program, and went on to the Apollo-Soyuz, Space Shuttle, Space Station, and Lunar-Mars Exploration programs in positions progressing from engineer to NASA Assistant Administrator in Washington. Along the way I was also Director of the Stennis Space Center outside New Orleans and a space consultant to museums and themed attractions. Had some amazing experiences: a one-on-one meeting with Neil Armstrong the day h...Expand for more
e learned he would command Apollo 11; inspecting the fueled Space Shuttle on the pad just before launch; and in the White House briefing the Vice President on Lunar-Mars exploration. Retired, I'ÂÂm now volunteering art history research to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston ... perhaps my true other brained calling.
I'm married to Christy whom I met in the Guadalupe River at a Hill Country Presbyterian camp. Life has been enriched beyond measure by Christy and our daughters now 18 and 16, and by my step-daughter and her daughters now 11 and 9.
What a wonderful journey, shaped in so many ways by growing up in Midland!
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