Gulf of Mexico Phytoplankton growing in Martian Meltwater

Three flasks of Gulf of Mexico phytoplankton that students grew in the Martian meltwater solutions they created with the Pioneering Mars project.

Scientific Workshop Begins!

Pioneering Mars Students

High School students from Mobile County Public Schools participating in Pioneering Mars project

Brainstorming

Brain stretching

Feeding the brains!

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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

Pioneering Mars

Pictures from Pioneering Mars Project

Pioneering Mars

Pioneering Mars