December 04, 2012

Local Students among those to pioneer Mars→

December 04, 2012/ Julie

Pictured, Dr. Scott Milroy speaking with students. (Submitted by Emily Hosford)

MOBILE, Alabama -- This year, students at high schools in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama, (including one Davidson and one Baker High student) will have the unprecedented opportunity to engage in hands-on research with a team of university and government scientists working on NASA’s Mission to Mars project.

Dr. Scott Milroy, Assistant Professor of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Dr. Julie Cwila, Director of the Center for Integrative Studies in Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (CISSTEM) are leading the project.

Pioneering Mars

This year, students at high schools in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama, will have the unprecedented opportunity to engage in hands-on research with a team of university and government scientists working on NASA’s Mission to Mars project. Students will use specially-designed incubators at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to determine whether Antarctic algae could grow in a Martian environment. NASA astronauts will conduct parallel experiments simultaneously on the International Space Station (ISS).

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under grant or cooperative agreement award number NNX12AK94A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Pioneering Mars

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