A NASA project that allows students to use a camera on a
spacecraft orbiting Mars for research has received a new
education prize from the journal Science. Read More Mars in a
Minute: How Do You Get to Mars? What does it take to get a
spacecraft from Earth all the way to Mars? There are a few key
things to consider, as explained in this 60-second video from
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. › Watch Video Martian Pit
Feature Found by Seventh Graders Sixteen seventh-graders at
Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., found the Martian
pit feature at the center of the superimposed red square in this
image while participating in a program that enables students to
use the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU